'Man City's Rodri Warns Of Strike Action Over Fixture Increase' - RFI
'Man City's Rodri Warns Of Strike Action Over Fixture Increase' - RFI
City will also compete in an expanded Club World Cup at the end of the season.Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City midfielder Rodri has warned leading footballers could go on strike if clubs continue to face an ever-expanding schedule.
曼徹斯特城中場球員羅德里警告稱，如果俱樂部繼續面臨不斷擴大的賽程，領先的足球運動員可能會罷工。
City, the 2023 Champions League winners, face Italian giants Inter Milan at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, in their first match of the competition's new league phase.
曼城，2023年冠軍聯賽冠軍，在週三在以特哈德體育場面對意大利豪門國際米蘭，在比賽的新聯賽階段中迎戰。
The expanded 36-team tournament, in which all clubs play eight league fixtures, is a far cry from the original European Cup which only featured reigning national champions.
這項擴軍至36支球隊的比賽，所有俱樂部都將打八場聯賽比賽，與只有國內衛冕冠軍的原始歐洲盃完全不同。
City will also compete in an expanded Club World Cup at the end of the season.
曼城還將在賽季結束時參加擴軍的俱樂部世界盃。
"Yes, I think we are close to that," said Rodri when asked on Tuesday if there was a possibility of players going on strike.
羅德里週二被問及球員可能會罷工的可能性時表示：「是的，我認爲我們已經接近了那個時刻。」
"If it keeps this way we will have no other option. It is something that worries us."
「如果事情繼續這樣，我們將別無選擇。這是讓我們擔憂的事情。」
City manager Pep Guardiola was more reserved, however, saying: "We are in our first game, then the second and we will see what happens in the last games to go through.
然而，曼城主教練瓜迪奧拉表現得更爲剋制，他表示：「我們正在進行我們的第一場比賽，然後是第二場，我們將看看最後幾場比賽的情況。」
"It is not necessary to look now. It's in the future. We will see."
「現在沒有必要着急看待。這是未來的事情。我們會看看。」
Spain star Rodri's comments echoed those of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson, who said players were being ignored by football chiefs when it came to the issue of fixture congestion.
西班牙球星羅德里的評論echo了利物浦門將阿利森的觀點，他表示足球管理者在賽程擁擠的問題上忽略了球員。
Liverpool are away to AC Milan on Tuesday in their opening fixture.
利物浦將在週二客場對陣AC米蘭。
"Sometimes nobody asks the players what they think about adding more games," Alisson told reporters on Monday.
阿利森週一告訴記者:"有時候沒有人問球員對增加比賽的看法。"
"Maybe our opinion doesn't matter, but everybody knows what we think about having more games. Everybody's tired of that."
"也許我們的意見並不重要，但大家都知道我們對增加比賽的看法。每個人都厭倦了這一點。"
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