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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>It has been quite a strange football season so far.<\/p>\n

And this is not really about Arsenal sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Yes, that has been quite something to see. Mikel Arteta\u2019s men are five points clear of champions Manchester City, with 11 fixtures left.<\/p>\n

Also in Italy, a Victor Osimhen-powered Napoli are running away with the Serie A title.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, it is business as usual. Paris Saint-Germain are top of Ligue 1 and Bayern Munich are leading the title race in Germany.<\/p>\n

What has made this season unusual is the first-ever winter World Cup that was played in November and December of 2022.<\/p>\n

The tournament in Qatar disrupted the football calendar in more ways than one.<\/p>\n

For some, it was injuries. Gabriel Jesus picked up a knee injury in their pointless group fixture against Cameroon. The Brazil striker was the spearhead as Arsenal flew out of the blocks from August.<\/p>\n

Jesus only returned to action in the 3-0 victory over Fulham last weekend.<\/p>\n

His absence could have easily derailed the Gunners\u2019 charge, but Eddie Nketiah stepped up and filled in admirably for the former Manchester City man. The arrival of Leandro Trossard from Brighton in the January window has also added a fresh dimension to Arteta\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

After this weekend\u2019s league games, players will fly all over the world for the international break to represent their national teams. At least two more matches.<\/p>\n

This brings up the issue of fatigue.<\/p>\n

Deji Faremi, co-owner of Busy Buddies and a sports analyst, tells DAILY POST: \u201cI think everyone is fatigued, so coaches have to find better ways to rotate their squads, while staying competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn England, it may be a blessing in disguise for Arsenal now that they\u2019re out of all other competitions. City may need to prioritise.<\/p>\n

\u201cSame thing in Spain where Real Madrid probably have to wave goodbye to the league \u2013 as they\u2019ve done a few times in the past \u2013 to focus on the Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cBayern Munich don\u2019t have the same problem. They\u2019ll be good enough to keep up in the title race despite their Champion League commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there is the question of if the world football governing body, FIFA, should have done better with the scheduling.<\/p>\n

Faremi doesn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality of things is we are only going to have more games.<\/p>\n

\u201cFootball won\u2019t stop, and the people running the game think having more games is the way to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s March, and as much as we don\u2019t want international football back at this time, especially after the peak we experienced just three months ago, we\u2019ll have to get used to having it back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. It has been quite a strange football season so far. And this is not really about Arsenal sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League. Yes, that has been quite something to see. Mikel Arteta\u2019s men are five points clear of champions Manchester City, with 11 fixtures left. Also in Italy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[1570,2140,3222,1739,254,4079],"class_list":["post-84661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-england","tag-germany","tag-nigeria","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"\nFatigue threatens title races in England, Spain, Germany - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It has been quite a strange football season so far. 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