In the eyes of Borusia dortmund Coach Nico Kova, the Metlife Stadium Field Club was better suited for a round of golf than a match at the World Cup.

And the summer heat of the New York region was also inappropriate for high-level football.

“This is a golf green, so you can put here,” Kova said after Saturday 3-2 quarterfinal losses To real Madrid“It’s very small. But it is not the grass we are used to play Bundesliga And also in the other two stadiums. ,

Dortmund played the club World Cup semi -finals and championship site and next year’s World Cup finals. The German team played two matches at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati and two matches in the 16 game round at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

“As you saw, the water was not quite good, I would say, because you do not have devices for it.” Kova said. “When it is very dry, it is incredible. It is sticking.”

In one sunlight, the temperature at 3 o’clock kickoffs was 86 ° F (30 ° C) in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The next year’s World Cup is expected to be similar temperatures or higher, where 11 places are in the US, and most do not have roof or air-conditioning.

During the 1994 World Cup, 28 out of 52 matches did a kickoff time from noon to 2 pm, which was better to see European. The kickoff time for next year’s 104-game tournament is likely to be determined after a draw in December.

“We played twice in Cincinnati. It was first at 12 o’clock. The second time it was 3 o’clock and the pitch we had a temperature of about 45 degrees (113 ° F),” said Kova, which has msricled through the hot weather through the club World Cup. “When the temperature is 45 degrees, it is not amazing. It is very difficult for anyone, and players, they will have to play these games.

“Today, we had 35 degrees (95 degrees Fahrenheit). It’s not even better, to be honest. But, it’s a tournament that we need to play. And I would suggest that the kickoff time will be a little later. So it is very high. It is very difficult to play such football.”

Information of Associated Press was used in this report.

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What is today?

• chess: D Gukesh, R Pragnanandha Grand Chess Tour is taking action on the last day of Blitz Chess at Croatia Rapid and Blitz.

• Boxing: Five Indians are taking action in the final of the World Boxing Cup in Astana.

• Shooting: India’s skeet shooter Logano Shotgun will begin at the World Cup.

• Tennis: Yuki Bhambri – Men’s doubles in Wimbledon in the third round Robert Gallow.

What happened yesterday?

• Athletics: Neeraj Chopra won the inauguration Neeraj Chopra classic with a throw of 86.18 meters.

• Athletics: Animesh Kujur (100 meters, 10.18s) and Mohammad Afsal (800 meters, 1: 44.96) broke the men’s national record, became the first Indian to take a dip 10.1S and sub 1:45 times respectively.

• soccer: The Indian women’s national team defeated Thailand (2–1) for the first time in their history, thus qualified for the 2026 AFC Asian Cup and kept their hopes of World Cup qualifications alive.

• Tennis: Yuki-Goli won his second round competition; Balaji, Bolipalli bowed out in Wimbledon.

• chess: D Gukesh saw a three -digit lead after a sad 1.5/9 opening day in the blims of Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz, in which Magnus Carlsen took the lead again.

• Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth lost to Japan’s third seed Kenta Nishimoto 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 in the semi-finals of BWF Canada Open Super 300.