{"id":16041,"date":"2025-07-11T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/enzo-fernandez-warns-extreme-heat-in-the-us-puts-the-2026-world-cup-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:59:23","slug":"enzo-fernandez-warns-extreme-heat-in-the-us-puts-the-2026-world-cup-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/enzo-fernandez-warns-extreme-heat-in-the-us-puts-the-2026-world-cup-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez warns: Extreme heat in the US puts the 2026 World Cup at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez Alerts on Dangerous Conditions at the Club World Cup<\/h2>\n\nChelsea captain Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez has expressed his concern about the “very dangerous” conditions during the Club World Cup. The Argentinian midfielder urged FIFA to “change the calendar” for the 2026 World Cup with the aim of avoiding risks for the players in next year’s tournament.\n\nThe high temperatures during the Club World Cup in the United States have generated concern among renowned players and coaches.\n\nThe global players’ union FIFPRO has presented data suggesting that three matches should have been delayed or postponed because the heat exceeded the threshold of 28 degrees Celsius according to the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) meter.\n\nIn the Chelsea vs. Fluminense semi-final match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Tuesday, temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit at the start of the match at 3 p.m. ET.\n\nWith the Premier League team facing Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s final at the same stadium at 3 p.m. ET, Enzo, a midfielder from Argentina, admitted to having had difficulties adapting to the conditions.\n\n\n
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“Honestly, the heat is incredible… Playing in this temperature is very dangerous, very dangerous,” Enzo stated.<\/p>\n\nEnzo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"Enzo<\/figure>\n\n\nThe player also pointed out the impact of the heat on the game, affecting the pace and speed of the match.\n\nThe United States will co-host next year’s 48-team World Cup along with Canada and Mexico, to be held in June and July 2026.\n\nEnzo hopes the tournament will be re-evaluated to ensure the heat doesn’t affect the competition next summer.\n\n\n
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“Let’s hope they change the calendar next year. At least so that it remains a beautiful and attractive football spectacle, right?” he added.<\/p>\n\nEnzo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nArs\u00e8ne Wenger, former Arsenal manager and current FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, acknowledged that the summer heat during the Club World Cup has affected the game.\n\n“The heat in some matches was a problem,” Wenger admitted. “We tried to combat it with cooling breaks and watering the fields during the breaks. We learned a lot in that regard.”\n\nLooking ahead, Wenger indicated that FIFA is considering the use of covered stadiums in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Houston to host the first matches of next year’s tournaments.\n\nHe also mentioned that FIFA analysts have studied the impact of heat on player performance, discovering that temperatures above 35 \u00b0C (95 \u00b0F) affect high-speed running and sprints more than the total distances covered.\n\n“Certainly, next year there will be more covered stadiums, as we have to follow the television schedule. We are learning to be better equipped to face these conditions,” Wenger concluded.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez Alerts on Dangerous Conditions at the Club World Cup Chelsea captain Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez has expressed his concern about the “very dangerous” conditions during the Club World Cup. The Argentinian midfielder urged FIFA to “change the calendar” for the 2026 World Cup with the aim of avoiding risks for the players in next year’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[787,5699,957,1287],"class_list":{"0":"post-16041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-club-world-cup","9":"tag-enzo-fernandez","10":"tag-fifa","11":"tag-heat"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}