""No player will start against [both] KuPs and Leeds," said Glasner. "I and we all feel responsible for the players' welfare. "I just spoke to Will [Hughes] and he experienced it a few years ago - when it was on Boxing Day [26 December] and the 28th [December], sometimes there were games, and he played it - but I just think now the intensity of the game has increased.""
""Maybe you can do it once, but it's our 27th game now [this season], and we have to think further, because we play on the 18, 20, 23 and 28 [December], and 1, 4, 7 and 10 January. Therefore, it's just irresponsible if we do this. "We will start with two completely different teams, but of course the minutes will be shared a little bit if this is possible.""
Palace will field two completely different starting line-ups for the Europa Conference League match against KuPS and the Premier League trip to Leeds to protect player welfare. The manager said no player will start both games and described it as irresponsible to play the same team twice in three days given the increased intensity and heavy schedule. The club faces a sequence of matches between 18 December and 10 January, prompting rotation and shared minutes where possible. Midfielder Daichi Kamada suffered a serious hamstring injury after 67 minutes against Manchester City and will be sidelined for eight to ten weeks.
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