Week 7 - Premier League 11/12 - NLD

[Guest Portuguese]

International qualifiers will be played across six days between Thursdays and Tuesdays from 2014 to maximise TV coverage and broadcast income, UEFA have announced.

The move will see national teams having just a two-day break between matches in World Cup and European Championship double-headers, in what is being dubbed 'The Week of Football'.

Teams will play either Thursdays and Sundays, Fridays and Mondays, or Saturdays and Tuesdays. Most double-headers are currently being played on Fridays and Tuesdays - leaving the weekends without football.

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino told the Leaders in Football conference in London: “You can play every three days - it’s what happening in club football all year long so that’s not a problem.

'This has been unanimously supported by all 53 national associations.

'If we leave the weekend to other sports then in the medium and long-term it will be damaging.'

'If you do not have national teams playing on Saturdays and Sundays then it’s a pity. If England are playing on a Friday then fans can watch Spain, France or Germany at the weekends.'

Infantino said there would also be a proposal to lose the August friendly date, and combine the November and March friendly dates into one double-header.

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<<<<International Football in general

[Flojo]

That is a shocking idea, what fucking dopes.

So you're gonna have players going back to their clubs with even less rest than they do now?

[TF S4DK]

No I'd assume, its still a two week period.

With players leaving on the Monday for national team duty and returning to their club the day after their last game. In some cases if your players country has games on Thursday and Sunday they would be back earlier with their clubs for the next weekend, it seems a better structure, just a day less for games, and irresponsible international managers could mean more injuries.

[Guest Portuguese]

irresponsible international managers could mean more injuries.

There is way too many of them around

[Lieutenant]

Hate international weeks but at least this mean more footy on TV.

How can I wake up on saturday, check the schedule for what footy is on and only see Scotland v fucking Belarus

[Badman]

Denilson sent off for the 3rd time

[Captain Planet]

Lol what a guy, 1000 pos to whoever gets the footage

[LemonGuy]

Denilson sent off for the 3rd time

I think it's this video, 7:55 -

[Badman]

what a mug

team mates were clearly bemused

[Captain Planet]

Lol not even a revival of any sorts, just picking up reds as if he's still here the tosser.

[Drift]

where were them kinda challenges high up the pitch when teams were violating us on the counter.

[Bruno Di Gradi]

lol @ not putting him in ur starting XI

[Captain Planet]

Lol must be amazing to train with such quality around you

[Hernandez Balcazar]

oxocube>>

hattrick in the u21

[Guest Portuguese]

Reports in Portugal

Danny of Zenit might have cancer that's why he got asked to be withdrawn from the squad(two games, Iceland tomorrow and Denmark on tuesday)

I hope these reports are false