Gary Caldwell: 'The lack of an international break feels like some kind of joke'

Exeter City FC manager Gary Caldwell has spoken negatively about League One matches continuing to be played during the international break. He said he didn't understand why, if matches without three players can't be played, they can't be cancelled without two players. “Why don't we just do away with them altogether?” - reasoned Caldwell, whose soccer club is without a striker and a winger for a while.

There are a lot of international players playing in League One, and because of this, many teams are canceling their matches. According to Gary Caldwell, this state of affairs somewhat devalues the league. As soccer clubs have to play without their best players.

“It's a team game, we believe in every member of the team and someone has to come in and do their best to replace the missing players,” summarized the Exeter City manager.

The international break is a period during the season when soccer clubs do not play regular league games as many players from teams leave to represent their countries. League games are suspended and clubs take a break that lasts from a few days to a week. During this time there are European or World Cup qualifying matches, sometimes friendly matches.

In the match against English club “Lincoln City” in the team “Exeter City” will be absent Northern Ireland striker Josh Magennis and winger of the national team of Finland Ilmari Niskanen. The players have been called up to the national team. Such an event has undoubtedly changed the odds, reducing the odds on the team from Exeter to win. Our authors studied the top of the search results and analyzed the forecasts in the leading bookmaker companies. As it turned out, the leader of search queries 1xBet gives the highest odds. To find out, we decided to download application 1xbet and study the predictions for the team's upcoming matches. It is hoped that these predictions will turn out to be wrong after all.

According to the rules, matches should not be canceled if a team is missing three players. Nevertheless, 7 of the 12 scheduled third tier matches were postponed due to the international break.

Two teams from the division—Wickham Wanderers and Birmingham City—will miss matches. However, third-placed Wrexham, fourth-placed Barnsley, and fifth-placed Lincoln City will take to the pitch.

Three second-placed teams—Burton Albion, Cambridge United, and Shrewsbury Town—remain out. Leyton Orient and Crawley are the two lower-ranked teams that will continue to play.

In one of his interviews, Gary Caldwell said that he thinks it is a joke that the league continues to exist with international players.

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