The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Has not yet begun, but it is already criticism for adding even more fixtures to an already crowded global football calendar. With less than three months until kickoff, Fifa President Gianni Infantino has issued a fixed response to Coaches and players who express concern about the impact of tournament on the demanding schedule.
In recent years, the growing number of domestic and international competitions has driven players to the edge, with many who are now expected to play over 60 matches in a single season. Coaches and players have been pronounced in their desire to facilitate the workload and protect the player’s health.
A prominent example is From Milan. While the Italian giants continue to compete at the highest level, their overloaded schedule highlights the load placed on elite clubs.
Since the season 2024-25, August 17 began to be projected Inter to play at least 61 matches—Inuling Series A (38), UEFA Champions League (14), Coppa Italia (4), Supercoppa Italiana (2) and Club World Cup Group (3). This number may increase further depending on their progress in ongoing tournaments.
Infantino defends FIFA’s strategy
As the architect of the Club World Cup’s expanded format, Infantino has encountered an increase in review to increase the fixture requirements. Spoken to CNNThe FIFA’s president defended the renewed competition and trivialized the concerns that critics aroused.
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“It is a competition that takes place once every four years. The winner plays seven matches – which is like one and a half play, almost, more a year – so it has no big impact” Infantino specified. Infantino also claimed that the scheduling burden mainly affects a small number of elite clubs that consistently move on to the latter stages of large competitions:
“What happens in the world’s football is that there are many games too few teams, very few players. Those who reach maybe the last stages in all competitions – which is again very rare because usually a team may win a competition but don’t win them all – so everything in everything, It balances pretty much. “
He added that Fifa remains aware of the player’s welfare and takes measures to handle workloads responsibly: “But we are very careful with the calendar and about the players’ health. I mean, we want to do everything for players to be in the best relationships to perform in the best way … And that’s what many players also say, what you want is to play rather than exercise, right? “
2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, which replaces the now decreased Confederations Cup, will be held from June 14 to July 13. Although it will only take place every four years, questions about player fatigue and workload will probably remain when clubs and national teams continue to fight for cutlery over several fronts.
