“What are those hiding? pieces of adhesive tape in the ears of the Bayern players?”, he asks ‘L’Equipe’ in the prior of the semi-final second leg against him Paris Saint-Germain.
It is not a fashion not in any way protect to the players who look pending –Alphonso Davies He only wears it in one ear – but in a innovative method for prevent injuries.
Bayern training session prior to the PSG match.
The technique consists of draw small amounts of blood from the earlobe before each training –It is also done during– to measure the lactate and creatine kinase levels and, in this way, check continuous physical stress of their footballers.
“By taking blood samples before and during training (even on the field), Kompany knows exactly what the lactate and creatine kinase levels of its players are.”he stressed ‘Bild’ back in the month of November.
Alphonso Davies wears tape in one ear and an earring in the other.
“Creatine kinase is an enzyme that serves as an important indicator of damage to the heart and skeletal muscles.. Therefore, An elevated creatine kinase level is a warning sign for doctors and trainers about possible injuries“he added ‘Bild’.
An elevated creatine kinase level is a warning sign for doctors and trainers about possible injuries
Therefore, these flesh-colored ‘patches’ allow Bayern’s ‘technical staff’ “reduce risks” in view of possible muscle injuries and react in time “with adjusted training or appropriate treatment”. It is also important in patients in rehabilitation “to determine the frequency and intensity of training.”
Hiroki Ito and Joshua Kimmich, with earrings in their ears.
“We’ve been doing this for a long time; it didn’t start with Kompany. Used to perform analysis and measure intensity“admitted a club employee to ‘L’Equipe’. And rightly so. Already in 2018with Niko Kovac On the bench, Bayern introduced lactate tests on the field with ‘pricks’ on the fingers of its players.
We have been doing this for a long time; It didn’t start with Kompany
It seems to work. He Bayernwho last season had half of the starting eleven out when they fell in the Champions League against Interhas arrived with his starting eleven at full capacity to the final stretch of the season. The ‘tape epidemic’ threatens to spread.