Juve boss: 10 players asked to be replaced in loss

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Juventus manager Igor Tudor said 10 players asked to beryllium substituted during his team's FIFA Club World Cup decision against Real Madrid owed to fatigue caused by "really hard conditions" successful the round-of-16 necktie successful Miami.

Gonzalo García's second-half extremity secured a 1-0 triumph for Madrid and confirmed the Spanish club's spot successful the quarterfinals astatine the disbursal of Italian giants Juve.

But portion temperatures successful Miami peaked astatine 88 degrees Fahrenheit (31 degrees Celsius) -- little than vigor levels successful caller games -- manager Tudor said his players struggled to header with the conditions.

And contempt heavily-rotating his squad during the tournament, Tudor said that Tuesday's fixture against Madrid was a crippled excessively acold for his players for respective reasons.

"The conditions were truly hard today," Tudor told reporters. "Ten players asked maine to beryllium replaced. They were truly tired.

"There are a batch of factors that weighed into that. It is the extremity of a agelong play and determination was a batch of accent connected the players that takes their energy.

"The conditions that they played with were truly difficult--- the humidity too. All of these conditions marque it overmuch much difficult. And the vigor -- that was different happening that made it much difficult."

FIFA's determination to docket the tourney -- the archetypal 32-team Club World Cup -- has been criticised by galore successful the game, including erstwhile Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who spoke retired astir the contention past week.

And portion Tudor said Juventus had a affirmative acquisition successful the United States, helium said his players present request to rest.

"I deliberation it is clip to remainder now," helium said. "We volition person 3 weeks of rest, truthful I don't deliberation it [Club World Cup] volition impact america successful a antagonistic way. But yes, we request to get immoderate rest, commencement again and beryllium stronger.

"The guys truly gave it all, we played each retired champion cards and it wasn't capable unfortunately.

"If determination are lessons, we cognize we tin vie against immoderate of the champion players successful the satellite and it is simply a precious acquisition erstwhile you play against clubs of a higher level."

Real welcomed Kylian Mbappé backmost to enactment for the archetypal clip this tourney with the guardant making a 23-minute quality from the seat aft being sidelined with acute acute gastroenteritis.

And manager Xabi Alonso said that France planetary volition beryllium successful overmuch amended information by the clip Real play their quarterfinal successful New Jersey connected Saturday.

"Every day, helium is getting amended and from present until the quarterfinal, helium is going to beryllium adjacent better," Alonso said. "I speech to him each day, inquire him however helium is feeling and I deliberation helium is going to beryllium mode amended for the quarterfinals."