"I loved rotation as a player. Football is a bit different compared to years ago in terms of physicality and intensity. It's impossible to play with the same players 65 games in one season. If you want to see the season like a marathon, when you are in February and March, the last sprint, you have to think in a different way. But it's a long race."
"We are in an era where anyone can say what they want,"
"Since I joined the club, it's my view to rotate players. No-one complains when you win. When you don't win I can understand no-one is agreeing."
Enzo Maresca defended his decision to rotate seven players for the 2-2 Champions League draw with Qarabag, noting it was the fifth consecutive match with at least seven changes. Maresca said a strong squad allows rotation to maintain fitness across a demanding season that began with the Club World Cup. He argued modern football's physicality makes it impossible to play the same players in 65 games and called the season a marathon requiring different thinking for later sprints. He insisted young internationals must be given chances to learn from mistakes and blamed results, not selection, for criticism.
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