Injured in football: do pitch surfaces contribute to the lesions as a footballer?

While few searches were conducted on the shots for the athletes in particular, many data were collected in football in general.

Everything, from the traction, the hardness of the surface, but above the ball rebounds, to what extent the ball and the absorption of shocks were examined.

Neil Rodger, the main consultant of Strie Group – a company that works in the development of sports surfaces – admitted that further searches were needed to see if there was any link with an increased risk of injuries in the players and in some shots.

“It has never been divided into men’s football and women’s football. We have always designed football shots,” he told BBC Sport.

“When you think of injuries in the male or female game, there are so many factors that contribute: training load, sleep, physiology, hormones …

“The tone is a factor, it is in the mix. Historically, in the female and male game, there have been unsafe shots. In the modern game, it is not quite so.

“Especially in the Premier League, the quality of the tone is exceptional and the terrain teams are very good. There are more research needed to see if there is any connection.”

Rodger said it was not known if there was “a very subtle difference between what is optimal for men’s game and what is for the female game”, but the volume of the games played in shared stages was undoubtedly a factor that contributes to reducing the quality of the surfaces.

“The Women of Arsenal play many games at the Emirates and the land team will prepare the field to the same identical standard that they would do for men,” he added.

“But whether it is men or women, the more games games on the pitch, the more usure we need and the more the quality of the field will be influenced.

“Greater use means more maintenance necessary. This is a factor.”