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📹 Ice-pack vests become an option to ease the heat at the Cup
June 13, 2026
Source: Yahoo Sports · Read on source site
Excessive heat has been an “extra opponent” in the preparation of some national teams for the FIFA World Cup.
>And vests with ice packs are being used by players from two teams in the United States to ease the high temperatures.
>Germany has been training in Winston-Salem, in the state of Massachusetts, and has already dealt with 41ºC.
>Spain, meanwhile, is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where temperatures have reached 33ºC.
>Players from both teams were “caught” using the technology.
>Germany, suffering more, also used fans on the sides of the field.
>The first of the two to make its debut will be the four-time world champion, which will face Curaçao from 2 p.m. (Brasília time) this Sunday, in Group E.
>The 2010 world champion and current Euro winner, meanwhile, will face Cape Verde on Monday (15). A Group H clash.
>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.