🧐 During the match?! BVB substitutes stay in the dressing room

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·21 giugno 2025

🧐 During the match?! BVB substitutes stay in the dressing room

This is something we've never experienced before. During the entire first half, the BVB substitutes sat in the locker room during the Club World Cup match against Mamelodi Sundowns. But why?

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Our subs watched the first half from inside the locker room to avoid the blazing sun at TQL Stadium – never seen that before, but in this heat, it absolutely makes sense. 🥵 #FIFACWC
– sabato 21 giugno 2025

The reason is as simple as it is curious: In the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, the guys were supposed to protect themselves from the sweltering heat in Ohio. Currently, it's a scorching 31 degrees Celsius – understandable that even professionals can't take it after a while.

Let's just hope that Nico Kovač doesn't get a sunstroke in the meantime. The coach had to stay outside out of necessity. At least he's been able to celebrate four goals from his Borussians so far – maybe he doesn't even notice the sun anymore.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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