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Enzo Maresca was left fuming after seeing sweltering 41 degrees Celsius weather conditions forced Chelsea to cut a training session short in the USA.
The Blues are preparing to take on ES Tunis at the FIFA Club World Cup. The game will take place at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
In order to prepare for the game, Chelsea have been using the Philadelphia Union’s Subaru Park but have managed to spend little time on the field owing to the extreme heat.
That is because a heatwave, which has been billed as dangerous to player health, has seen temperatures soar across North America.
Despite incorporating fans and water sprays into their training session, the Premier League side still had to wind up early.
Maresca was visibly upset at the weather conditions in the USA and later chose to speak his mind about it.
What Maresca had to say about the hot and humid weather at the Club World Cup
Maresca said afterwards: “It is almost impossible to train or to make a session because of the weather. Now we are trying just to save energy for the game.”
“This morning’s session has been very, very, very short. It’s been just about tomorrow’s game, planning for tomorrow, and that’s it. We are going to try to do our best. We will try to win.”
“We have the cooling break during the game, which helps a little. Tomorrow will be our 60th game of the season. The ones who had international games had even more. We try to give them as much time as possible for recovery.”
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