{"id":15102,"date":"2025-03-28T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=581808"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T03:55:11","slug":"we-are-not-machines-jules-kounde-on-tight-fixtures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/we-are-not-machines-jules-kounde-on-tight-fixtures\/","title":{"rendered":"We are not machines: Jules Kounde on tight fixtures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s defender Jules Kounde who was the part of the team in their 3-0 win over Osasuna last night has spoken about game\u2019s time and tight schedules. Barcelona were told to play right after the international break and there wasn\u2019t even 72 hours of break between the games, which made Kounde pretty sad. Kounde feels a sufficient break is required as players are not machines.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona defender Jules Kound\u00e9 has voiced his frustration over the congested fixture schedule following his team\u2019s 3-0 victory against Osasuna last night. The Blaugrana were forced to play immediately after the international break, with less than 72 hours of recovery time, a decision that has left Kound\u00e9 disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman was critical of the scheduling, emphasizing the need for adequate rest between matches. \u201cWe are not machines. We\u2019re angry about the game\u2019s date. There\u2019s a clear calendar issue. It\u2019s disrespectful to the club to set this date. We too need rest,\u201d Kound\u00e9 said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>With player welfare becoming an increasing concern due to fixture congestion, Kound\u00e9\u2019s comments highlight the growing frustration among footballers. Barcelona, who are competing on multiple fronts, will now have to quickly shift focus to their next challenge, but the debate over fixture scheduling remains a pressing issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s defender Jules Kounde who was the part of the team in their 3-0 win over Osasuna last night has spoken about game\u2019s time and tight schedules. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[661,3796,564,1806,2425,2534],"class_list":["post-15102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-jules-kounde","tag-osasuna","tag-robert-lewandowski"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}