The surface temperature on the field will be close to 100 degrees because it just sits and bakes. There's not much breeze to cool the surface in Doha, which is quite a populated urban city. And so they're going to take hydration breaks. They're going to have to look at development of a larger squad. So they'll increase the number of substitutions that take place and pliers. Don't play sports in the frickin desert. How about that?
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