The Federation of Football of the Low Countries (KNVB) gave to know the past Friday the calendar of the Dutch league for the season 2017-18. The teams already can begin to prepare the previous course to the world-wide of Russia with total guarantees, since they have of the schedules assigned for all the parties.
With this initiative, the Eredivisie has tried to collaborate with the planning of his teams, respecting so much to small and big and facilitating the life to these last, to the which has programmed a rest of a minimum of 72 hours every time that they contest split in European competitions.
The league and the federation have collaborated to boost the competitiveness and give more possibilities to his in Europe, squaring a calendar in which also they have closed the stop navideño, the days between week and a delay in the date of start, that was used to to be to the beginning of August and has delayed until the day 11.
Problems in Spain
The programming of the calendar has been a recurrent problem for the teams of the League Santander, that in numerous occasions have complained of the problems that supposes him adapt to the requirements of LaLiga and the Federation. The fact of not fixing the dates and to adapt the days between week without taking into account the load of parties has caused too many problems in a competition that has two teams more than the Dutch.
Like this, the European groups, with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona or Athletic in command, have expressed his discontent by the few hours of rest in near days to the European commitments, fact that also have suffered squares like the Seville or the Celtic.
Besides, it is not the first time that some team that does not participate in international competitions also goes out prejudiced, by the vicinity of the schedules of the weekends with the days intersemanales.