The legendary footballer of Kyiv’s “Dynamo”, Stefan Reshko commented on the fact that a record number of European stars missed the November matches of the Nations League.
Stefan Reshko— In our time, we used to play up to 50 games per season, and by the end of the year, we felt health problems. However, back then, there were primitive recovery options — only a sauna. Later, Valeriy Lobanovskyi initiated oxygen chambers where we breathed air enriched with oxygen, but he quickly abandoned that.
Today, the conditions for recovery are much more modern. But that doesn’t eliminate the problem. Still, most modern players give it their all, perform a huge amount of work on the field, and after that, the body needs to rest. Of course, FIFA and UEFA don’t take this into account. They earn huge money. The more matches, the more money. They don’t care about the athletes' health,” Reshko is convinced.
