World Cup will use more indoor venues for day-time kick-offs to combat heat | Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said the indoor air -conditioned sites will be used as much as possible for the 2026 World Cup kicks off to combat the expected temperatures. Concerns have been raised about the well-being of players at the Club World Cup in the United States, which co-organized the tournament next year with Canada and Mexico.

Enzo Fernández described the conditions during the Chelsea semi-final against Fluminense, when the temperature was 35 ° C, as “very dangerous”.

Infantino said better use would be made up of interior air conditioning sites in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Vancouver. There are 16 host places – 11 in the United States, two in Canada and three in Mexico. Vancouver has by far the coldest average of June and July interior sites.

“Heat is definitely a problem,” said Infantino. “This is a problem in the world. I remember that it was the same at the Olympic Games in Paris and other football matches. But we have stadiums in America that are covered and one in Canada in Vancouver and we will certainly use these stages more during the day. ”

Infantino said the Club World Cup has a huge financial success and said the 32 -team revamped tournament had generated nearly 1.5 billion pounds in income. The competition ends in New York on Sunday with a final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, which should be assisted by Donald Trump.

Infantino said: “The golden football era has started. We can certainly say that this FIFA club World Cup was a huge huge and enormous success. Of course, there are a lot of positive points, some negatives. We respect everyone’s opinion. It succeeded.

“We have heard financially that it would not work, but I can say that we have generated more than $ 2 billion (1.48 billion pounds sterling) of income with this competition. We have won an average of $ 33 million per game. There are no other World Cup competitions that approach $ 33 million per game. It is already the most successful club competition in the world. ”

Infantino responded to criticism for bad participations in certain matches saying that 2.5 million tickets had been sold, equivalent to an average of 40,000 per game. “There is no league in the world with this issue, except for the Premier League which, of course, has team teams.”

Infantino thanked Trump for his tournament approval. “He likes the match,” he said. “You cannot organize a competition like this without the total government support. A big thank you to President Trump – he was fantastic and he also attended the last tomorrow.”