I moan about footballers, but it's not an easy life, lots of training and mental/physical pressure. Mata needed a break and now looks his former self, breaks are important - also they are humans not machines, they have families and need to spend time with them, especially if foreign players. Think this thread is a bit pointless - its like asking why is the moon round.... Little can be done any nobody is going o change it soon - I hope they introduce goal line tech and replays like cricket/rugby to help refs out would push for that more than International fixtures being sorted...