Guy Stéphan, assistant to Didier Deschamp in the France team, expressed major concern as the 2026 World Cup approaches, organized in the United States, Mexico and Canada. According to him, the specificity of this World Cup lies not only in this multi-country context, but also in much more demanding climatic conditions than those encountered in Qatar in 2022. The French staff is already working to analyze the effects of heat on organisms and plans to continue this work in order to best prepare the players.
“Analytical work has already been undertaken regarding the effects of heat. It will be continued and deepened. In Qatar, the tournament was played at the very end of autumn with good temperatures. There, the climatic conditions promise to be much more testing for the organisms. The impact of time difference is also not negligible. There can be up to three hours of difference if playing on the West or East coast of the United States in particular. So many parameters to take into account »detailed Guy Stéphan in an interview with the newspaper The Parisianemphasizing the importance of these elements in the preparation of the France team. We are also very worried on the other side of the sleeve, where Thomas Tuchel imagines leaving his replacements in the locker room to avoid the intense heat.
