Weather concerns proceed to signifier the Fifa Club World Cup aft a 4th crippled was delayed due to the fact that of thunderstorms - portion a heatwave is expected adjacent week.
The 2nd fractional of Benfica's Group C crippled against Auckland City kicked disconnected implicit 2 hours precocious due to the fact that of dense rainfall and storms successful Orlando.
The kick-off for Mamelodi Sundowns against Ulsan HD successful the aforesaid metropolis had been delayed for implicit an hour.
And determination were agelong pauses successful the 2nd halves of Palmeiras v Al-Ahly successful New Jersey (40 minutes) and Salzburg v Pachuca successful Cincinnati (90 minutes).
Campaign radical Fossil Free Football accidental 10 matches are owed to beryllium played successful the adjacent week with either a large oregon utmost vigor risk, arsenic temperatures could scope 41C.
This comes conscionable a twelvemonth retired from the World Cup which is being co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
A connection from the satellite governing assemblage read: "Fifa volition proceed to show the upwind conditions successful coordination with the venue teams to guarantee a harmless and enjoyable acquisition for everyone involved."
Fossil Free Football say: "Particular interest is for the fixtures successful the no-shade stadium successful Charlotte wherever a vigor scale of 38C (Real Madrid v Pachuca) and 41C (Benfica v Bayern) is forecast for the adjacent 2 matches.
"This underlines the dangers facing players and fans astatine this tourney and successful 2026. Fifa person done precise small to allay information concerns."
The crippled betwixt New Zealand part-timers Auckland City and Boca Juniors is besides owed to instrumentality spot successful 41C successful Nashville astatine a crushed with constricted cover.
Matches successful Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati and Washington DC volition besides beryllium played successful the anticipated heatwave.
After Atletico's 4-0 decision by Paris St-Germain successful 32C successful Pasadena, Marcos Llorente said it was "terribly hot" and added "my toes were sore, my nails were hurting... it's incredible".
Fans spoke of having to permission that crippled due to the fact that of the vigor - and complained astir agelong queues and restrictions of h2o erstwhile arriving astatine the stadium.
A Fifa connection read: "Fifa's apical precedence is the wellness of everyone progressive successful football, and Fifa's aesculapian experts person been successful regular interaction with the clubs participating to code vigor absorption and acclimatisation."
The governing assemblage added determination volition proceed to beryllium cooling breaks successful the 30th and 75th infinitesimal wherever needed - and that fans are allowed to bring bare wide bottles of up to 1 litre into stadiums.
Chelsea, who are 1 of 2 English teams competing on with Manchester City, bushed Los Angeles FC successful their opener but past lost 3-1 to Flamengo connected Friday.
"It's not casual due to the fact that of the temperature," said brag Enzo Maresca. "We're going to effort to rotate players."
As good arsenic the information posed by the vigor to players, unit and supporters, from a scheduling constituent of presumption determination volition beryllium concerns astir the delays to games.
Four of the archetypal 21 games faced waits ranging from 40 minutes to two-and-a-half hours for thunder and lightning storms and dense rain.
Broadcasters volition not beryllium blessed with the imaginable for overlapping matches astatine the 2026 World Cup.
Benfica v Auckland City was owed to reason an hr earlier Chelsea's lucifer against Flamengo started - but ended up finishing good aft the last whistle had been blown successful the Blues defeat.
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