'Ten Juventus players asked to be substituted'

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Juventus manager  Igor Tudor speaking to his players during a cooling interruption  astatine  the Club World CupImage source, Getty Images

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The vigor successful Miami meant determination were cooling breaks during Juventus' crippled against Real Madrid

Ben Collins

BBC Sport journalist

Ten Juventus players asked to beryllium substituted during the Club World Cup decision by Real Madrid, says manager Igor Tudor.

The last-16 crippled connected Tuesday was played successful blistery and humid conditions successful Miami, with the somesthesia reaching 30C and humidity 70%.

Up to 5 substitutions are permitted during a game, and up to six if it goes to other time.

Gonzalo Garcia's extremity gave Real a 1-0 victory successful mean clip and Tudor made the maximum 5 changes allowed astatine Hard Rock Stadium.

"In the end, 10 players asked to beryllium substituted," helium said. "The exhaustion was incredible.

"There's the hostility of this match, which burns your energy. Then there's this heat, which truly gets to you, and the 3rd happening that completes the conditions is playing successful this humidity."

Extreme vigor successful the US has affected galore games during the Club World Cup, with Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovac saying helium was "sweating similar I've conscionable travel retired of a sauna" during his side's radical triumph implicit Mamelodi Sundowns successful Cincinnati, Ohio.

The somesthesia reached 36C during Benfica's radical triumph implicit Bayern Munich successful Charlotte, North Carolina, portion Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said it was "impossible" to organise mean grooming sessions amid a "code red" terrible vigor informing successful Philadelphia.

'Cooling breaks' are mandatory erstwhile definite conditions are reached and they person been implemented successful 33 retired of 56 matches.

Fifa guidelines presently trust connected the bedewed bulb globe somesthesia (WBGT), a measurement of vigor accent combining somesthesia and humidity.

If the WBGT exceeds 32C, cooling breaks are mandatory successful some halves of a match.

Global players' national Fifpro has said breaks should beryllium introduced erstwhile the WBGT goes supra 28C, and matches should beryllium delayed if it exceeds 32C.

The US volition big adjacent year's World Cup.

A starring specializer connected the effects of utmost somesthesia connected the quality assemblage told BBC Sport this week that Fifa should see starting the last astatine 9am section clip should determination beryllium akin conditions to those astatine the Club World Cup.

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