Juventus has 10 players requested to be replaced during club World Cup loss to Real Madrid

Juventus head coach Igor Tudor revealed that ten players beat Real Madrid for the last time in the club’s World Cup due to Miami’s overwhelming heat and humidity, requiring ten players to be replaced with Real Madrid.

The game was played at Hard Rock Stadium, under extreme conditions, with temperatures soaring to 30 degrees and humidity levels reaching 70%.

Although the team is allowed to have up to five substitutes regularly, if the game time is overtime, the Emperor can only get five allowed five.

“In the end, 10 players were asked to replace,” Tudor said after a 1-0 loss.

“It’s incredible to be exhausted. The tension in this game burns your energy. Then, this heat does attract you, and the third thing about completing the conditions is to play a role in this humidity.”

Extreme weather has been a constant theme in the club World Cup held in the United States this summer, with multiple teams and coaches struggling to cope.

Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovac said the sultry situation in the collective stage victory of Cincinnati’s defeat of Mamelodi sunset: “I’m sweating like I just came out of Sauna.”

Elsewhere, Benfica’s clash with Charlotte Bayern Munich saw Mercury reach 36 degrees, while Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca described Philadelphia’s training as “impossible” under the “code red” hot warning.

Currently, FIFA authorizes “cooling breaks” based on the temperature of the wet ball temperature – a comprehensive measure of heat and humidity.

According to existing regulations, when the WBGT exceeds 32 degrees, a mandatory rest is triggered. So far, during the game, cooldown breaks have been implemented in 33 of 56 games.

However, the alliance of global participants FIFPRO believes that once the WBGT reaches 28 degrees, this break should be started, and if the reading exceeds 32 degrees, the matching should be completely delayed – a lower threshold than FIFA’s current guidelines.

As the United States will host the 2026 World Cup, issues concerning the safety of players with extreme high temperatures are urgently under pressure.

If similar weather patterns persist, key matching should be scheduled at 9 a.m. local time, including the finals, the report said.