Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says he hopes Fifa will allow drinks breaks during Sunday's round of 16 clash against Mexico in Fortaleza's hot and humid Arena Castelao.
Tests the Dutch conducted before the tournament show some players lose up to four litres of fluid during a match.
"Can you imagine that?" said Van Gaal. "That has to be replenished because otherwise you start hallucinating.
"Drinks will be along the sidelines if Fifa doesn't take care of it."
Leroy Fer, who has been ruled out of the match after injuring his hamstring in training, said the Netherlands team - used to playing in often chilly northern European conditions - got a taste of the heat in training on Friday after arriving from Rio de Janeiro
"The climate is much warmer than Rio and other places we've played, but the other teams have problems with it too," said Fer.
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