When the World Cup is over and elite club football restarts, managers of Qatar 2022 players will earn their considerable corn. Make no mistake, there will be different reactions from different characters to relative success or failure at this tournament.
You will be reading of such-and-such a footballer suffering from a World Cup hangover, for sure. Antonio Conte, for example, will be having a close look at Harry Kane, whose penalty miss against the French will take some getting over.
Every manager of club squads that have provided a lot of players for Qatar 2022 will be in the same boat when it comes to judging how much mental and physical rest someone will need before being thrown back into the hurly-burly of the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, etc, etc. And Pep Guardiola will have as tough a job as any.
