Club World Cup finalists hope US dumps afternoon kickoffs next summer due to sweltering temperatures
'The speed of the game is not the same,' he said. 'Everything becomes very slow. Well, let's hope that next year they change the schedule, at least so that it remains a beautiful and attractive football spectacle.'
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Temperature at kickoff Sunday is forecast to be 83 degrees, with humidity that will make it feel like 91.
'The game will be harder for the team that don't have the ball,' Chelsea captain Reece James said. 'I think we've played in it a fair amount now, so I'd say we're slowly, slowly getting used to it.'
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique and his team will likely deal with temperatures feeling in the low 90s on Sunday in New Jersey.
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Both teams were allowed by FIFA not to have media availabilities on Saturday.
PSG seeks to complete a quadruple after winning Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and
Chelsea is trying for its second world championship after winning in 2021. The Blues have a fourth day of rest after beating Fluminense 2-0 on Tuesday, a day before PSG routed Real Madrid 4-0.
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Lowest ticket prices dropped from $330 earlier in the week to $199.60 on Saturday.
'I agree with most of the people that they say that they are the best team in Europe, the best team in the world, and the reason why is because they are showing this — they show in France, they show in the Champions League, they are showing in this competition," Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said.
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PSG clinched the French league title on April 5 with six games to spare, won the French Cup on May 24, and the Champions League a week later, romping over Inter Milan, 5-0, in the final.
'We really want to go grab this title and this would make it an absolutely perfect season, which would be very hard to replicate,' PSG captain Marquinhos said. 'We really want to make history.'
Chelsea had a more modest season, finishing fourth in the Premier League, losing to Brighton in the fourth round of the FA Cup, to Newcastle in the fourth round of the League Cup, and winning the third-tier UEFA Conference League.
'Everyone is picking up our opposition,' James said. 'We are preparing right and we are going to win.'
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