In midweek (March 12), the Royal team had a Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 at 9pm (local time). The match lasted 120 minutes and only ended near midnight after a penalty shootout. Los Blancos won a ticket to the quarter-finals, but the time to celebrate only came for them in a short time after the match at Metropolitano...
Because after that, Ancelotti and his students have to think about the next match against Villarreal in La Liga at 6:30 p.m. on March 15. That is, Kylian Mbappe and his teammates have less than 70 hours to rest and prepare for the next match. And remember, they still have to travel nearly 450km from Madrid to Villarreal.
After last Saturday's match in which Real Madrid came back to win 2-1, Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and many other Real Madrid players showed signs of fatigue and exhaustion. According to FIFA's recommendation (not mandatory regulation), players need to have at least 72 hours of rest between the two matches.
That means the La Liga organizers have not violated anything, but the reasonableness of their schedule arrangement is something to consider, because Barcelona played 1 day earlier than Real Madrid in the Champions League and returned to La Liga but played after 1 day. Here, the problem is not putting Real Madrid and Barca on the scale to demand justice, because the Catalan team has also fallen into a similar situation many times. The problem is that the Organizing Committees need to pay more attention to the players in the context of a tight schedule from many tournaments.
On the other hand, Vietnamese football has been, is and will likely fall into a situation where players are " resting" too long. As expected in the 2024-2025 season, V.League teams can take a break of up to 2 months if the U23 Vietnam Team competes on 2 fronts: SEA Games 33 and the U23 Asian finals.
It is known that V.League has few teams and few fronts to have enough time to arrange, but giving up the domestic league to the U23 team is still a matter facing many conflicting opinions, because of its many impacts.
