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Khedira concerned over busy schedule
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GERMANY and Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira said yesterday that soccer’s busy playing schedule was challenging its top professionals both physically and mentally.
Khedira, preparing with the world champion for a match against minnows San Marino today, said he was happy to play for the German national team but the “extremely full” schedule of international matches was an issue that should be discussed.
After the San Marino match, the Germans travel to Milan to face Italy in a friendly international on Tuesday.
Khedira spoke with journalists at training in Rimini, Italy, who asked about comments by Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge that the frequent league breaks to accommodate international matches were “catastrophic”.
Players regularly complain about the competing pressures on their time created by the scheduling of national and club matches.
“It’s an issue that there are many matches and that they need to be somehow scheduled — luckily I’m not an administrator,” Khedira said.
“I enjoy the games (with the national team) but I know the schedule is extremely full. Mentally and physically it’s hard to have to deliver every three days. It is an issue that we can discuss,” said the midfielder.
That did not blur his focus at training, however, even though Germany, World Cup winner in 2014, is ranked second in the world while San Marino is way back in 201st spot in the global rankings.
“It’s a qualifier and we’re taking it seriously. We are not here out of sheer fun,” he said. “But if we are here, we have to enjoy it and I do.”
Khedira has played 16 matches in all competitions so far this season, after another long campaign last season that ended with Germany’s Euro 2016 semi-final loss in July.
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