The defeat from Canada and the almost certain loss of the top spot in the qualifications for the World Cup hit the US national team hard. Even so that they did not care about the remarks of the Honduras team due to the brutal weather conditions in which the game was played last night.The Yankees won that match (3-0) at St.Paul, Minnesota, but the game was overshadowed by unreal events on and around the pitch. Anyone who has visited (or visited) Minnesota or the north can get the sense of how terribly cold the winters are. The Americans decided to organize the match at the Alliance Field, despite the fact that a temperature of -19°C before the match, which is why they had huge objections from the visiting side.Thu 22:00: (2.45) Cameroon (2.85) Egypt (3.75)Honduras coach Hernan Dario Gomez revealed after the game that goalkeeper Luis Lopez and striker Romel Kyoto were substituted because they went through hypothermia. He said that the conditions were “abnormal”, considering that his football players are used to temperatures of 30°C, and not to extreme cold. And not only that. He revealed that several other Honduran football players ended up receiving I.V.”It is incomprehensible for the game to be played here. The match hasn’t even started yet, and we couldn’t wait for it to end. None of us enjoyed it, we all suffered,” Gomez said.There is interesting footage from the stadium which shows how extreme the conditions were. The hosts of the television program took one sweaty footballer’s shirt that was like an icicle. Not even fist punches could bend the frozen shirt.Excellent use of visual aids pic.twitter.com/B5nIJIqddl— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 3, 2022 The Americans were leading in front 2-0 at halftime, after which Lopez and Kyoto had to leave the game because their body temperatures dropped below normal.”A football player must not play in such conditions. All my players ended up with treatment, some were even on I.V.”The host’s answer soon arrived. Coach Gregg Berhalter defended the decision to organize the game in Minnesota, emphasizing that his team also suffered extreme conditions during their trips to other countries, such as – extremely high temperatures.”When we go on tours where the temperature is over 40°C or the humidity is unbearable, footballers have to be constantly hydrated so that they don’t get cramps due to exhaustion. Such are the conditions of the competition. When we organize matches here, we are guided by average daily temperatures, so we haven’t changed anything. A cold wave came and it is something we cannot control,” Berhalter said.More than 3,600 flights across the United States have been canceled due to snow and extreme cold, many schools have been closed, and many provinces have declared a state of emergency.
