'It's impossible': Hot temps worry CWC players

Players and coaches competing astatine the Club World Cup person expressed concerns astir the blistery and humid conditions during the tourney successful the United States.

Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders admitted that players are wary of the summertime heat. City are preparing for their archetypal crippled against Moroccan broadside Wydad AC astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia connected Wednesday. The crippled volition footwear disconnected astatine 12 p.m. ET, erstwhile temperatures are acceptable to transcend 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

City manager Pep Guardiola has been holding agelong grooming sessions successful scorching Florida vigor astatine their basal successful Boca Raton -- past Friday's signifier lasted astir 2 hours successful temperatures surpassing 90 -- and Reijnders insists the players volition beryllium acceptable for the conditions.

"It's going to beryllium hard. There are a batch of bully teams [in the tournament] and the upwind is precise hot," Reijnders said.

"We're getting utilized to it and we'll beryllium acceptable for Wednesday. We instrumentality it precise seriously. We privation to triumph each tourney we play. This is thing different."

Reijnders is not the lone subordinate to accidental they indispensable conflict the heat.

Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain ran retired 4-0 winners implicit Atlético Madrid connected Sunday astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California, wherever temperatures hovered astir 90.

"It's impossible," Atlético midfielder Marcos Llorente told reporters aft the match. "It's terribly hot. My toes were sore, my nails were hurting. I couldn't halt oregon start. In the end, it's incredible. Since it's the aforesaid for everyone, there's nary complaint."

PSG manager Luis Enrique agreed, saying the midday kickoff clip hindered the match.

"The lucifer was intelligibly influenced by the temperature," helium said. "The timing is large for European fans, but the teams are suffering."

Real Madrid trained for the archetypal clip astatine their Florida basal campy Sunday arsenic they statesman the buildup to their opener against Saudi broadside Al Hilal connected Wednesday. In the high-temperature session, caller brag Xabi Alonso was seen moving his hands done the sprinklers and utilizing crystal cubes to chill down.

FIFA has had protocols successful spot for blistery upwind Club World Cup play since 2014, but the process allows for lone "cooling breaks," which mean players tin instrumentality connected other fluids erstwhile successful each fractional if the transportation somesthesia mean of vigor and humidity exceeds 32 Celsius (89.6 Fahrenheit).

During Copa América successful the U.S. past year, determination were two incidents of heat-related dehydration.