There are few hotter places in Spain at the moment than the city of Seville.

With over a dozen provinces in the country under alert because of high temperatures, the thermometers in the city were showing 43 degrees centigrade at 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.

The inhabitants of Seville hugged the shade or stayed inside behind closed and shuttered windows. Nobody was doing any physical activity, it was simply too hot.

With the high temperatures expected to continue into the weekend the Spanish Ministry of Health advises given for hot weather is "avoid making physical effort in the hours of most heat and leave it until the evening. It is not recommended to take exercise when the temperature is above 30 degrees centigrade as it can lead to heatstroke and exhaustion."

That did not stop the Spanish Football League (LFP) deciding to schedule Seville based side Real Betis' first league match of the season for 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Second division outfit, Betis was scheduled to play newly promoted Granada just as temperatures reached their highest level. The Spanish meteorological agency predicted temperatures of up to 44 degrees centigrade in the shade at kickoff time.

The club immediately appealed against the LFP's decision and this Thursday the kickoff time was been changed to Sunday and 9 p. m..

However, with temperatures predicted to be at 37 degrees an hour before kickoff, the players are still going to find it very hot indeed.