Alisson hits out at new UCL format and pleads for player welfare

Liverpool's Alisson urges footballing authorities to listen to player concerns over hectic fixture schedule

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00:00I think for the supporters it's amazing, more games, more bigger games, big teams

00:08playing against each other. For us players as well, it's a good thing that

00:14you are going to play against the best in Europe and it's always a good

00:21idea to add some games to the calendar that is not busy. I'm being ironic a

00:30little bit, but again we are here to do our job. Sometimes nobody asks the

00:41players what they think about adding more games, so maybe our opinion doesn't

00:48matter, but everybody knows what we think about that, having more games. What is the

00:53thinking of the directions that football wants to go and not only adding games,

00:59adding competition, adding this, adding that. At the end, what we want

01:08is giving our best for the football. If you are tired, you cannot

01:13compete in a high level. What I want is giving my best in all the games that I

01:19play, but we need a solution for that and it doesn't look like we are close to a

01:26good solution for the football's sake and for the players' sake.