Following a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Juventus made their return to the United States this summer, spending around 10 days touring in the country while taking part in a pre-friendly tournament.
As we all know, the reasons behind such trips are mostly economic, allowing the club to extend its brand throughout the enormous American market. However, the financial benefits arguably arrive at the expense of the physical aspect.
According to ilBianconero, the heavy pre-season schedule might be one of the main reasons behind Juve’s recurring injury problems.
Even prior to the start of the campaign, Max Allegri had already lost the services of Paul Pogba and Wojciech Szczesny. For his part, Weston McKennie also sustained an injury on home soil but still managed to pull off a speedy recovery and make his return against Sassuolo.
Nonetheless, the season opener saw Angel Di Maria leaving the pitch in the second half with an adductor injury which could rule him out of action for a while. Even Denis Zakaria had some physical difficulties at the end of the match.
A section of Juventus fans have identified the long trips endured during pre-season as the main culprit for the early injury crisis.
After returning from USA, Juventus hosted Atletico Madrid at the Continassa training ground and looked completely exhausted as the Spaniards routed them.
Aside from the three friendlies played in the United States (in three different cities), the players had to represent the club in all sort of social activities during their stay, which obviously didn’t help matters.
The real culprit is juventus coaching staff team coz this injury already start from last season..
All player injury.. how possible???
All top teams go on the same tours and they seem to be just fine. The real issue is our training staff and load management. Allegri plays the older players too many minutes if you ask me. The moment we went up 3-0, Di Maria should have been removed.
was it the same last season and the season before? injuries have been a concern for a long time. something is vey wrong.
Most appear to be muscle injuries which point to training load and conditioning fronts which are the responsibility of Allegri and his training staff. Some of Allegri’s substitutions or lack of don’t help either. If he knew Di Maria was having slight problems with his abductor the week earlier, why play him and why not pull him off earlier? This will cost us points!!!