Yousif Arsenal
Was on Vinai's payroll; misses 4th place trophy 🏆
i don't mind they pick the best players available when it's important games but when you already qualified you really shouldn't over use your starters because you might lose them when the actual competition comes these 2 weeks off might do wonders for some players.National teams really don’t care about protecting players. You can see it every time they get angry at clubs for trying to look after their own players by refusing to release them. Look at the Spanish NT, they absolutely ran Pedri into the ground. He had to play every match for Barcelona, the national team and the Olympic team. Both sides kept blaming each other for overplaying him, but neither actually protected him.
Koeman is the perfect example of the hypocrisy. When he was Barça coach, he played Pedri for 90 minutes every single game, then begged the Spain coach to rest him, which they refused. Now that Koeman is the Dutch NT coach, he’s complaining that clubs aren’t resting players and aren’t looking after their health. Every coach only cares about their own agenda.
Tuchel is the same. He’ll always pick his strongest XI if it means getting the result he wants. Players’ long-term health comes second every time.
