{"id":16284,"date":"2025-07-13T03:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/infantino-covered-stadiums-in-2026-world-cup-due-to-extreme-heat\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T03:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:01:05","slug":"infantino-covered-stadiums-in-2026-world-cup-due-to-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/infantino-covered-stadiums-in-2026-world-cup-due-to-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Infantino: Covered Stadiums in 2026 World Cup Due to Extreme Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infantino Addresses Climate Concerns for the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\n\n\nFIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that stadiums with roofs will be used to mitigate problems related to high temperatures during the 2026 World Cup. The decision comes after criticism received for the players&#8217; exposure to extreme heat during the Club World Cup in the United States.\n\nThe Club World Cup final, which will pit Paris Saint-Germain against Chelsea at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, will be played in high temperatures, which has generated concern.\n\nThe semi-final match between Chelsea and Fluminense already showed the high temperatures, reaching 35.5 degrees Celsius at the start of the match.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The heat made me dizzy and it was very dangerous.<\/p><cite>Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, Chelsea player<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFaced with this situation, Infantino has confirmed that stadiums with roofs will be used, such as those in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Vancouver, to protect the players from the heat and inclement weather.\n\nInfantino highlighted the importance of analyzing the criticisms received to improve. He mentioned that, during the Paris Olympic Games, matches were also played in extreme heat conditions. Hydration breaks will be implemented and covered stadiums will be used for daytime matches.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0712%2Fr1518092_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Gianni Infantino en conferencia de prensa\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the image: Gianni Infantino, alongside prominent figures in football.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nInfantino defended the tournament&#8217;s realization and revealed that some European teams that did not qualify requested to be invited.\n\nThe FIFA president also confirmed the attendance of former President Donald Trump at the tournament final.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infantino Addresses Climate Concerns for the 2026 World Cup FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that stadiums with roofs will be used to mitigate problems related to high temperatures during the 2026 World Cup. The decision comes after criticism received for the players&#8217; exposure to extreme heat during the Club World Cup in the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3059,5730,5729,2283],"class_list":{"0":"post-16284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-covered-stadiums","10":"tag-extreme-heat","11":"tag-gianni-infantino"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284","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=16284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}