70% of players had not received an ECG prior to tournamentsFootballers were placed “at risk” during qualifying for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next month by a lack of medical support and substandard working conditions, according to the global players’ union.
The investigation focused on the continental championships outside Europe which also served as World Cup qualifiers, and on Euro 2022. It found that about 40% of players Given that just over 60 of the respondents competed in Euro 2022, staged in England last summer, Fifpro highlighted the finding that 70% of players surveyed had not received an ECG before the tournaments in question.