SOS to the Soccer World. Each Time the Preseason Games Are Less Friendly

Julio Calleja-Gonzalez; Carlos Lalín; Francesc Cos; Diego Marques-Jimenez; Pedro E Alcaraz; Antonio José Gómez-Díaz; Tomás T Freitas; Juan Mielgo Ayuso; Irineu Loturco; Xavi Peirau; Ignacio Refoyo; Nicolas Terrados; Jaime E Sampaio

doi:10.3389/fspor.2020.559539

SOS to the Soccer World. Each Time the Preseason Games Are Less Friendly

Front Sports Act Living. 2020 Dec 18:2:559539. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2020.559539. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Julio Calleja-Gonzalez¹, Carlos Lalín², Francesc Cos^{3

4}, Diego Marques-Jimenez^{5

6}, Pedro E Alcaraz^{7

8}, Antonio José Gómez-Díaz⁹, Tomás T Freitas^{7

8

10}, Juan Mielgo Ayuso¹¹, Irineu Loturco¹⁰, Xavi Peirau¹², Ignacio Refoyo¹³, Nicolas Terrados¹⁴, Jaime E Sampaio¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria, Spain.
² Tottenham Football Club, London, United Kingdom.
³ National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Manchester City Football Club, 1st Team, Manchester, United Kingdom.
⁵ Academy Department, Deportivo Alavés, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
⁶ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, Spain.
⁸ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, Spain.
⁹ FC Barcelona Sports Performance Department, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁰ Núcleo de Alto Rendimento Esportivo de São Paulo (NAR), São Paulo, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus de Soria, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain.
¹² National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
¹³ Department of Sports, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (INEF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁴ Departamento de Medicina Deportiva, Fundación Deportiva Municipal de Avilés (FDM), Aviles, Spain.
¹⁵ Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal.

No abstract available

Keywords: fatigue; injury; preseason; recovery; soccer.