Football players suffer more injuries when their team is ahead
Male football players are at a greater risk of injury five minutes after a card has been given or after a goal has been scored. The frequency of player injuries also increases when their own team is in the lead. These are the findings of Swedish researchers that, in collaboration with Fifa, have analysed injuries over the last three World Cup tournaments for men.Football players do not just injure themselves whenever and however. On the contrary, injury frequency follows a clear pattern that is dependent on how various events in the course of a match affect players’ emotional and physical