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what can I do for my team to play 90 minutes plus at the same speed and accuracy from the 0 minutes.

P Jackson Morris JrPlayer, Liberia

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Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

You need to do endurance training to improve your ability to play at a consistent level over 90 minutes. The will take time to improve and you need to be dedicated to work hard to improve this. Just going out for regular long distance runs will help and also trying to do interval training, include high intensity bursts mixed in with jogging intervals will help your Football stamina.

Matt

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