From it does a lot, the nicknamed 'Virus FIFA' has been an authentic headache for the clubs, that see forced to yield to his players to the national selections. The footballers, many times suffer injuries in the international parties or, simply, accumulate minutes and physical wear that do not do them any favour to final of season.
The fatigue by the stops of days of national selections is one of the big sportive problems so much of the FC Barcelona as of the Real Madrid, two of the teams that more players have to yield to this class of parties. However, during this recente stop can see that the Barcelona have gone out more prejudiced that the merengues.
The players of the FC Barcelona have contested a total of 1.834 minutes during this last week and average, whereas the footballers madridistas have played during 1.721minutes. A difference of 113 minutes that can seem insignificant, but that means an important wear of face to the next commitments.
Five players have played the two complete parties
The most evident proof of the difference of wear between the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid is the quantity of players that have contested the whole of the 180 minutes delivered in the two parties of selections. Until five Barcelona were headlines in both meetings without being sustituídos (Rakitic, Cillessen, Mascherano, Umtiti and Vermaelen) by only two of the Real Madrid (Vallejo and Casemiro).
Although, far of the minutes, the hurtful differential fact marks it the injury of Javier Mascherano, whereas Isco, that seemed that it also had fallen lesionado, is in full form to play the derbi in front of the Athletic of Madrid.