'Crazy schedule': Players stretched to the limit by fixture overload

BERN (Reuters) - Footballers are being pushed to the limit as competition organisers try to squeeze the usual number of fixtures into a shorter period of time in the wake of the COVID-19 stoppage.

Yet, while club coaches and players protest, neither continental federations nor domestic leagues are willing to cut down the number of games being played to relieve the mental and physical stress on the sport's main actors.