With the addition of a new competition such as the Club World Cup, everyone is entitled to ask themselves the question again: FIFA really cares about the health of the players? In the meantime, Paris Saint-Germain made its big debut in competition on Sunday with a size duel against Atlético de Madrid. But the Colchoneros will not be the only opponents of Parisians.
Like the Madrid, PSG players will have to face a warmth already announced as stifling. Organized in Pasadena, the meeting will be broadcast at 9 p.m. French time. Except that in California, it will be noon. And at that hour, the sun will hit very hard on the skulls of footballers and spectators present in the stands of Rose Bowl Stadium.
According to forecasts for several weather sites, the temperature will exceed 31 ° C. But what the players will feel should rather be around 37 ° C. Arrived a few days ago in their Californian base camp in Irvine, the men of Luis Enrique have already tasted the local furnace with average temperatures of 32 ° C in the feeling.
PSG will be hot, very hot
For his second match scheduled for June 20 against Botafogo, things will not be better for PSG. Still in the same stadium of the Rose Bowl, the meeting will take place this time at 6 p.m. local time (3 a.m. in France). This time, and according to Météo France, a minimum of 33 ° C is expected.
Two and a half years ago, the 2022 World Cup organized in Qatar had been talked about a lot because of the local heat. Some stadiums had even been built with air conditioning. This time, players will need freshness breaks more than ever.
