The Club World Cup ends this Sunday at the Metlife Stadium, where Chelsea or PSG will be the first champion of the new look tournament. They are the last of 32 teams that are still standing, after a month in which the United States gave a glimpse of what the World Cup of next year could be.
The high temperatures and extreme weather that many American cities experience in the summer have expressed their concern among players. In particular, Chelsea -midfielder Enzo Fernandez spoke about the situation.
Speaking with the media in the Red Bull Arena prior to the final, acknowledged Enzo that the game is not played in the same way at such high temperatures, which endangers the spectacle and the physical integrity of the players. The Argentinian sent a message to FIFA, in which he asks that the competition for the World Cup 2026 is being reconsidered.
“The truth is that the heat is incredible. I really don't know. Recently I got a bit dizzy during a piece, I had to throw myself on the floor because I was dizzy,” he revealed.
“The truth is that playing in this temperature is very dangerous. Of course for the spectacle, the people who come to enjoy the stadium. The speed is not the same, everything is very slow and we hope that they will at least change the schedule next year so that it is a spectacle so that football remains nice and attractive.”
High temperatures that occur in the US
The 2024 Copa América that Argentina won in the United States was a rather precedent that FIFA already warned of what would come for this club World Cup and the World Cup 2026.
Cities such as Atlanta, one of the locations where the USMNT played the Conmebol tournament last year, experienced temperatures that reached 100 ° Fahrenheit at their highest point and almost 95 ° Fahrenheit during match or training hours. This meant a warning for how the summers would be with two of the most important tournaments that FIFA performs on American soil.
The United States, Mexico and Canada will be organized together with the World Cup 2026, in which the issue of high temperatures and extreme again will be a point to consider for FIFA. It is not only the players, hundreds of thousands of fans will come to the host countries for the spectacle and they will want to avoid dangerous circumstances. It is not only the heat, thunder and lightning have caused long play suspensions in a number of competitions. For both fans and players, the matter of the weather can have a huge bond to the overall 'success' of the tournament.
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