Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says it is “impossible” to organise normal training sessions amid a “code red” severe heat warning in Philadelphia at the Club World Cup. <\/b><\/p>\n
The Blues players trained at Subaru Park, the home of local Major League Soccer (MLS) side Philadelphia Union, in 37C.<\/p>\n
The 45% humidity means it feels more like 45C, according to accuweather.com, and temperatures on Monday were predicted to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) for the first time in 13 years.<\/p>\n
“This morning’s session has been very, very, very short,” said Maresca, adding that “otherwise you don’t save energy for the game”. <\/p>\n
“It’s been just about tomorrow’s game, planning for tomorrow, and that’s it. No more than that,” the Italian added.<\/p>\n
“As you can see, it’s not easy in these conditions with these temperatures. We are going to try to do our best.”<\/p>\n
The local public authority has warned people in Philadelphia to avoid “work in high-heat environments” and “strenuous physical activity”.<\/p>\n
However, some matches at Fifa’s newly expanded tournament have kicked off in the middle of the afternoon, with temperatures at their highest.<\/p>\n
“It’s difficult to work with these temperatures but we are here and we trying to do our best and we will try to win tomorrow,” said Maresca.<\/p>\n
Similar problems have been faced by other clubs, raising concerns about the United States co-hosting the World Cup at this time next year.<\/p>\n
Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovac said he was “sweating like I’ve just come out of a sauna” after his side beat Mamelodi Sundowns in 32C heat in Cincinnati on Saturday. <\/p>\n
After Atletico Madrid’s 4-0 defeat by Paris St-Germain in 32C in Pasadena, midfielder Marcos Llorente said it was “terribly hot” and added “my toes were sore, my nails were hurting – it’s incredible”.<\/p>\n
Chelsea are under pressure for their final Group D match against Tunisia’s ES Tunis after losing 3-1 to Brazilian club Flamengo last time round. <\/p>\n
The Blues need to avoid defeat to qualify as runners-up, which would secure a last-16 tie against Bayern Munich, Benfica or Boca Juniors. <\/p>\n
Captain Reece James is a doubt because he is “ill” and Nicolas Jackson is suspended after his red card last week and was left out of the open training session on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says it is “impossible” to organise normal training sessions amid a “code red” severe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-209651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114736882353223703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}