#5 Fixture pile up
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What one thing mid-season international breaks do masterfully is pile up matches towards the end. It not only takes domestic action from us, the football fans, but causes a headache to managers who face a ridiculous number of matches to cope with during Christmas.
With teams playing as many as seven matches in two weeks during Christmas, takes a toll on the bodies of players who are susceptible to picking up injuries or burning themselves out for the second half of the season.
One solution FIFA can adopt is to open a window twice a year to conduct the friendlies and qualifying matches which would not only spare clubs from risking their players but would also enable national team managers to make their team gel in a relatively longer period than of a week they presently do. It would also reduce the unnecessary piling up of matches, and at the same time, keep players and fans excited for a run of international matches.
