Algerian football players deal with intense heat as season ends

Algerian football teams and their fans have been complaining about the extension of the season which saw the final games played in intense heat.

MC Oran’s last match of the domestic league against USM Alger on Friday 20 June kicked off at 18h00 local time, with temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius.

MCO assistant coach, Abdellatif Bouazza, said it was very hard playing in June when temperatures are very high.

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