After the 4-2 win against Flamengo, FC Bayern meets Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of the club World Cup. A special reward is waiting.
Julian Buhl reports from Miami
Leon Goretzka first wiped the sweat beads that had collected on his forehead when he stepped in front of the cameras and reporters in the interview zone of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. In the air -conditioned belly of the arena, pleasantly cool temperatures were actually available. Goretzka still had to deal with the aftermath of the 4-2 win in the round of 16 of the club World Cup against Flamengo.
He had previously had to work hard with the Bavarians on the lawn in an already heated game in the open-air temperatures in the open air. The temperature that is permanently displayed on the stadium screens was 89 degrees Fahrenheit, i.e. just under 32 degrees Celsius. Due to the high air humidity, the perceived temperature was again a good five degrees higher.
“We knew that it would be a very physical game, with many one-against-one duels in the whole place. Of course, you have to bite through at the temperatures,” said Goretzka, then repeatedly talking about the extreme climatic conditions with which Bayern have to deal with the club World Cup in the USA. In the final group game in Charlotte against Benfica Lisbon (0: 1) it was even 41 degrees Celsius hot.
Goretzka obviously sees it similarly, even if he did not put it quite as drastically. “When it comes to the conditions here, it is somehow generally felt a completely different sport,” said the national player when he came up with the upcoming quarter-final duel with Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain. “Well, that’s really extreme. We have to see what we’re doing.”
What Goretzka did not know at the time: In Atlanta, where the game will be held on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. local time (6 p.m. CET), Bayern will find completely different conditions. The stadium there is equipped with a lockable roof and an air conditioning system, which also cools down the interior with the field.
When T-Online asked him about it and then asked whether he and Bayern would look forward to something more normal circumstances for the top game, Goretzka was surprised. “Ah, I didn’t know that,” he replied, grinning, “but that sounds good.”
For the Munich team, this is perhaps even the most beautiful news that is directly connected to its successful quarter -finals. Head coach Vincent Kompany released his players a whole day on Tuesday. The greater reward that you prevailed with flamengo in the hot dance, which is hot on all levels, is then available with the game under well -tempered conditions.
In contrast to his previous speaker, Captain Manuel Neuer already knew about the oasis of wellbeing, which Bayern in Atlanta will now expect. After all, he already knows a technically somewhat slimmed-down version from his ex-club Schalke and the arena of the royal blue.