CIES report shows footballers' workload no increase over decade

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A newly published report from Swiss-based consultancy CIES Football Observatory has revealed that most footballers are "playing the same amount of minutes" as they were before amid the controversy about FIFA Club World Cup and congested match calendar.

REPORT: PLAYER WORKLOAD NO INCREASE

According to the report of match calendar and player workload, which was conducted after a