The heroes regain service. Two weeks after their coronation in the Champions League at the end of a grand finale against Inter Milan (5-0), Luis Enrique and his men set off to conquer the world with the very first edition of the Club World Cup, which begins this Sunday, June 15.
For their entry, Marquinhos and his teammates will be opposed to an opponent they know perfectly: Atlético de Madrid. An attractive poster that is placed in a fairly delicate context.
PSG is the king of Europe.
For economic and television reasons, this first European champion's match will start at 9 p.m. French time. An unusual and difficult schedule to apprehend for a professional footballer since he will indicate Midi Pettes on the pendulum in Los Angeles, where the Parisians have been installed since they set foot on American soil. This implies changes of habit for preparation, especially in terms of food.
Very high temperatures
If Luis Enrique and his technical staff will be particularly attentive to the states of form of the players, physically and mentally, after an exhausting season, the conditions of the meeting will strengthen the difficulty and the degree of vigilance.
Although the weather is often capricious in June in California, Parisians will have to manage a fairly suffocating warmth, whether the sky is cleared or not. Temperatures at 31 degrees are expected to pink Pasadena, with a feeling equivalent to 37 degrees. More than this raw figure, the UV index, measuring the intensity of the ultraviolet rays issued at an instant T, should reach the measure of 11, a time considered as ” extreme According to the team information. While legendary American Stade of Rose Bowl (which had welcomed the 1994 Mundial final) has the distinction of not being covered at all -including at the level of its stands -, freshness breaks for full hydration should be planned in order to preserve the organizations.
