The Congestion Tax: Quantifying the Impact of Midweek Cup Calendars on Bundesliga Performance
Isolating high-value inefficiencies during a domestic football campaign requires a clinical evaluation of a squad’s physical limitations when subjected to compressed fixture calendars. The 2014/2015 Bundesliga season serves as a premier historical template for examining this fatigue mechanism, as the relentless physical demands of the DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League, and Europa League systematically distorted domestic … Read more