Again. Why are you talking about a pandemic this season? Last season everything was fine, and there were no problems with the pandemic. But we have problems this season - we have the World Cup in November-December. This will change everything in local championships. I cannot predict any results. Weak teams will get an advantage because their players will rest.
You know, when players rest so much, they get to loose there rhythm, there winning mentality but the stressed players who continues to be involved in the game, always on the pitch, though they might be stressed, they sure do get better at the games and it's a mentality they would carry to the leagues. Not to mention, all on an international team don't play on the same club side so, this kind of equates the platform and it becomes subject to individual performance a that point. More over, weaker teams don't get to future more on an international scale given the player quality.
I`m looking mostly English Premier League. And i see the difference between how they begin play at the start of the season and how the play at November. The World Championship will be more interesting, because the players will be in the best conditions that time. But the same time the players works hard and in the same style from the August to the May. And such events break training mode. It can become a problem for the players. And the players who willn`t play for their national teams will break training mode too. May be they willn`t get injures due the World Championship, but the chance to get injury after will be higher.