Visby. Kosovari Aslani, 33, hopes the big clubs will dare to give their stars a vacation.
With more and more matches going on, there is a concern that players will burn out.
– Speaking for myself, I have not yet recovered from the European Commission, you say.
Indigenous Kosovars, who this summer chose to switch Real Madrid to Milan, was a good start at the Italian big club. The Swede was the top scorer in the premiere that Milan lost to Fiorentina.
It’s fun to score, but you always want to win the match. This is the most important thing and the only thing you want. So I don’t think too much about it, I’m even more disappointed that we didn’t win the match, she says and continues:
– We’ve had a very intense schedule, fly x miles, and the team seems to have more levels than we showed in that particular match.
“I’m not comfortable”
So going far in the tournament isn’t always a positive thing. For the many players who played in the semi-finals and finals this summer, there was almost no time before it was time to meet with the club’s squad for pre-season training.
– It was too short. Speaking for myself, I will not recover after the European Commission. Then a new season begins with pre-season camps in the United States. But that is the nature of football, but you just have to try to get as much as possible between them.
Even before UEFA, the big European clubs sounded the alarm because they feared players would get tired as club team matches become more and more and national team meetings take a lot of time.
– I said that, I’m not comfortable, that’s what it is. And when you come to a new environment, you need more to contribute whatever you can. Aslani says, because you still have to help the club reach new levels and take new steps in their investments.
– So yeah, you look forward to the four days you spend Christmas. There isn’t much either.
Create a recipe for success
Regarding the exit of the European Commission, Fridolina Rulfo testified that she felt tired when she entered the tournament. A season of league, cup and Champions League matches did not provide many opportunities to rest.
If players want to stay healthy, Aslani believes it will be increasingly important for women to work as men do and see the importance of forming bigger teams and rotating, so that players have time to rest.
– I hear how it works in men’s football, especially in the big clubs. If you have two or three games a week there, you get two days off, and you try to give the players that freedom, to “reset” them mentally and physically. It is very important, and we have not yet reached the level of women’s football, says the star of the national team and continues:
– We still believe that the more hard we train, 24/7, the better we’ll get. But we have to realize that the more tournaments and matches you have, the more important it is to recover. This is a great recipe for success that I think a lot of clubs have missed.
Despite this, there was no discussion on Aslani’s part about withdrawing from the national team rally, with Sweden playing a meaningless World Cup qualifier against Finland, in order to recover.
No, there are no such conversations.
