Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca acknowledged on Monday that his World Cup players have faced difficulties in finding form at the start of the season. This comes as the team prepares for their Champions League opener against Porto. Maresca emphasized the challenges of early-season performance, particularly for players returning from international duty.
Because there is no time to properly stay away from football because there are so many games and the season is longer, “We need to have that eager feeling to go back but we don’t. Because it’s still a positive thing that you get to play football throughout the whole year and live off it, “I’m not complaining.
“I think it’s correct that you see these kind of players that they start to be tired,” Maresca said at the Dragao Stadium before Tuesday’s match. I normally have a bit of pre-season but this time, just nothing,” said Haaland. “It’s it’s not easy for them it’s not easy for Erling, it’s not easy for most of the players that they continue to play for their international team,” said the coach. “The most important thing is to see that we are improving game after game.” pb/iwd This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The Norwegian has three goals in three league matches but did not play in warm up games, following Norway’s run to the World Cup quarterfinals. “The new season started and I didn’t even have a pre-season. “The physical side will come, if you manage to stay injury free, but you need to be sharp mentally as well, and that’s not easy. “But sometimes we need a break as well. “I never played a World Cup so I don’t know how it is. Maresca was sympathetic. “It’s correct to give them some rest that can be one game out or can be one week away depends a little bit in which moment we are. “To be focused on the day by day makes it very complicated to think where we can be in February, March, April in terms of expectation.
Maresca was responding to remarks by Erling Haaland posted on the striker’s his YouTube channel earlier in the day.
