
Yes, there’s always a chance, but these are dudes expected to play at most 15 minutes in soccer. You don’t have the luxury of 22 guys who are going to be quality enough to start for a team unless you are France or another high-profile soccer nation, thus making it super duper unlikely for there to be an injury. And so what if there’s an injury? It’s 1 out of 11 players. What you are describing would be a devastating sickness that would sideline 60% of the team, and that quite honestly doesn’t happen.