Goalkeepers in football are of course not as physically active as the field players.
I was wondering whether this means that goalkeepers are allowed to return from an injury earlier than field players?
For example, imagine if Ronaldo and Buffon get the exact same ACL tear at the same time and go through the same sort of recovery phase... will Buffon be allowed back onto the pitch earlier than Ronaldo?
Or are all players more or less forced to wait until they are healed properly, regardless of whether they are field players or goakeepers?
