Liverpool will have to play their quarter-final match of
the League Cup against Aston Villa on December 17, a day before their debut at
the Club World Cup which is played in Qatar.
This will force Jürgen Klopp's team to use two different
teams for the two competitions, the ‘Reds’ announced in a statement.
“We will use two teams simultaneously, one participating
in the Club World Cup and another in the League Cup. The club would like to highlight that this is
not the ideal scenario and that (the decision to use two teams) is the result
of seeking the best interest for the competition and the teams”, he explained.
The club
also expressed its gratitude to the EFL (English Football League) for efforts
to find another date, but added that it was not possible without compromising
the competition calendar or the physical condition of the players.
From here until the end of the year, Liverpool will have
to face almost every week two games, due to their participation in the League
Cup, the Champions League, the Premier League and the Club World Cup, which
they access as current Champion of the Champions.
The excess of matches has been criticized in recent days
by Klopp and other Premier coaches, considering that football sectors think
more about money than the health of the players themselves.
SOURCE: El Lider En Deportes
