For Barcelona, every time the team enters the Olympic year, the team has to raise their hearts to their throats: there are many young people in the team, and many people have been pulled away by the national team, and they are still facing the hellish schedule of the European Cup and the Olympic Games. After all, at the last Olympics, the famous scene of Pedri being used as a donkey is still vivid.
In this Olympics, Barcelona still have to be outstanding, with a total of 25 people in each event, just looking at the men's football side, Eric Garcia, Fermin and Cu Brazil all three were ordered to represent the Spain Olympic men's football team - the good news is that Yamal, who previously won the championship for Spain, finally has time to rest and no longer have to fight for the team.
Since the beginning of the 23-24 season, Barcelona's injury situation is also considered to be the highest in Europe, and their injuries and suspensions are all due to key positions: last season, Gavi suffered a major injury at the season reimbursement level due to a torn cruciate ligament, and Araujo, De Jong and Pedri are all long-term injuries.
Last season, due to injury problems, Barcelona's rotation depth was greatly affected: in the 20th round of La Liga against Osasuna, only 6 minutes into the opening game, striker Ferran was injured without confrontation, and the number of injuries and absences of Barcelona at that time reached 9, and the team's rotation was only one step away from collapse.
For Barcelona, the team's injuries have fallen into a vicious circle: the team continues to suffer injuries, largely due to the team's thin rotation and the lack of rest for the players. Players playing more than 50 games in a row are not good for their health, and the injured are lying in hospital beds, and the remaining players are facing more game tasks and are at higher risk of injury.
But if you deduct all the blame for the player's injury to the club, it really doesn't make sense. Looking only at the injuries of the main players, Araujo and Gavi were both injured during the international break, and the pressure on the players in the national team competition is no less than that in the club competition.
At the same time, Barcelona's age structure, which is dominated by young people, is also not conducive to the prevention and treatment of injuries. Compared to the established veterans, the young players have little experience in the treatment of injuries and lack a concept of the wear and tear of their bodies. Considering their young age, they have to fight for career goals and big contracts, and once the club and national team are entrusted with important responsibilities, Barcelona's young people will play without restrictions to avoid being physically overdrawn.
For the various situations of the players, Barcelona has begun to remedy. For players who have already suffered from injuries, Barcelona has chosen to revise the diet and training habits of players, such as Pedri starting to stop eating gluten and Puyol starting to pass on his experience of resisting injuries to younger generations. For players who have not yet suffered a large number of injuries, such as Yamal, Barcelona also have a sense of saving, and after Fati and Gavi, Barcelona will strictly control Yamal's playing time.
Of course, for Barcelona, if they want to control the playing time of their players, they fundamentally need to improve the team's bench depth. After the start of the summer window, they bought back their own academy striker Paolo Victor from Girona, and they are still recruiting youngsters from the academy, and they are still chasing Nico, Merino and Olmo in the transfer market, but for this Barcelona team, reliable and cheap substitutes may be able to hold the lower limit of this team.
(The original address of this article: Lao Miao, a commentator on the public account)