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Jonas Eidevall is sad with the extent of care proven by UEFA and the Girls’s Tremendous League with regards to the fixture schedule.
Arsenal beat Rosenborg 1-0 on Saturday to seal their place within the second spherical of qualifying for the Girls’s Champions League.
They may face both Juventus, BK Hacken, Paris FC, Fiorentina or Sporting CP in a two-legged tie.
These matches will happen on both 18-19 September and 25-26 September, which implies Arsenal will play 5 matches within the house of two-and-a-half weeks when factoring within the begin of the WSL marketing campaign.
From subsequent season, English golf equipment will keep away from the mini-league qualifying format as UEFA introduces a brand new construction, and Eidevall, whose crew additionally performed on Wednesday, believes the present guise is damaging to participant welfare.
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“Now we’re via it, I can say it – it’s fortunate an English crew won’t must play in these mini-tournaments once more. For all the joy, it’s a relic from the previous,” mentioned Eidevall.
“That is simply finished from a funds perspective. That’s why they cram it in on Saturdays, to avoid wasting one other lodge night time [by playing on a Sunday].
“All analysis all over the world reveals there’s a large distinction between 72 hours and 96 hours restoration after a recreation. That half, I simply can’t get my head round.
“That’s simply science. WSL has zero considerations about it, UEFA has zero considerations about it. It impacts damage danger. It’s the identical within the males’s recreation.
“It’s simply that science is one factor and broadcasting cash is one other factor.
“You at all times have to get on with issues. It’s not an excuse, it’s simply scientific.”
Arsenal kick-off their WSL season towards Manchester Metropolis on September 22.
