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To the American audience here.
I saw earlier that most of the stadiums are also used for American football (NFL). They supposedly have air condition and state of the art facilities. However many of the games I have watched - the pitches seem to be in an appealing condition. Not all games but too many of them from what I have seen.
I saw the KSA-Uruguay game that was played in Miami for instance (where it poured in the second half I believe), and it looked like there was a ton of water on the pitch and the ball moved very slowly and every shot from distance was dangerous because the ball bounced. A lot of basic technical mistakes that did not occur in the first half due to the condition of the pitch as well.
The extreme humidity and high temperatures were also felt. Many games are played in a very low tempo. How is that possible when there is supposedly air condition? I looked at some of the temperatures during the games and it is not as hot and humid as it could be. At least for some of the games.
People complained about playing a World Cup in Qatar in the middle of June and July (I agree) but the same thing could be said about most of the US during this time of the year and Mexico. Even Canada (Toronto).
Not sure If there is technology available (sufficient cooling in stadiums) to remove the negative impact of the weather completely.
Could be a problem in KSA in 2034 as well if held in the middle of the summer (more so dry heat which is generally more tolerable for the body rather than high humidity outside of Jeddah (which has very tolerable summer temperatures - and other coastal cities) so a solution should be found. Either that or playing all the games after at least 21:00.
It really "destroys" much of the product/potential to watch those type of matches played at such a slow speed and on such pitches IMO. Far cry from the top CL games in Europe.
I saw earlier that most of the stadiums are also used for American football (NFL). They supposedly have air condition and state of the art facilities. However many of the games I have watched - the pitches seem to be in an appealing condition. Not all games but too many of them from what I have seen.
I saw the KSA-Uruguay game that was played in Miami for instance (where it poured in the second half I believe), and it looked like there was a ton of water on the pitch and the ball moved very slowly and every shot from distance was dangerous because the ball bounced. A lot of basic technical mistakes that did not occur in the first half due to the condition of the pitch as well.
The extreme humidity and high temperatures were also felt. Many games are played in a very low tempo. How is that possible when there is supposedly air condition? I looked at some of the temperatures during the games and it is not as hot and humid as it could be. At least for some of the games.
People complained about playing a World Cup in Qatar in the middle of June and July (I agree) but the same thing could be said about most of the US during this time of the year and Mexico. Even Canada (Toronto).
Not sure If there is technology available (sufficient cooling in stadiums) to remove the negative impact of the weather completely.
Could be a problem in KSA in 2034 as well if held in the middle of the summer (more so dry heat which is generally more tolerable for the body rather than high humidity outside of Jeddah (which has very tolerable summer temperatures - and other coastal cities) so a solution should be found. Either that or playing all the games after at least 21:00.
It really "destroys" much of the product/potential to watch those type of matches played at such a slow speed and on such pitches IMO. Far cry from the top CL games in Europe.
