Soccer 360 Magazine

WRANGLING EPL

CREDIT THOUGH SHOULD GO TO JAMES MILNER, THE 34-YEAR-OLD MIDFIELDER WHO FORGAVE HIS BREAK TO WATCH THE YOUNGSTERS IN ACTION.

THE GOOD

The Premier League introduced its own version of a winter break in February, splitting a round of fixtures across two weekends to give each club two weeks free of football during one of the coldest months of the year. After years of wrangling over how to make a winter break work in a football culture that plays more matches in winter, not fewer, or whether to have one at all, it was a welcome addition to the schedule.

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