Gunes admits his side are yet to acclimatise (Allsport)

By PA Sport Staff

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Turkey coach Senol Gunes admits his players are struggling to come to terms with conditions in the Far East.

The Turks were beaten 2-0 by fellow World Cup finalists South Africa as Benni McCarthy hit a second-half double for Bafana Bafana.

And Gunes knows his players must quickly acclimatise if they are to make an impact alongside Brazil, China and Costa Rica in Group C.

"My players are getting tired a lot," he said. "The conditions are much harder but we have to beat them.

"We noticed that the humidity and the heat takes a great toll on the players.

"They get tired of the climate and get angry easily. The tempo of the games are then lost.

"Our opponents had the same problems yesterday but we had a lack of balls coming from the wings and we will work on that.

"We did find positions but we couldn't score and some of my players experienced muscle tightness.

"That's why I didn't want to risk them and we had a very light training session today."