Until Friday, Conmebol had confirmed the realization in the country. He even defined stadiums and training venues. But on Sunday the same 2019 venue was confirmed, but the Government does not assure it.
Conmebol confirmed the suspension of the America’s Cup 2021 in Argentina. It was the final thrust of a tournament that had been stumbling (Colombia had dropped first) but that until Friday I was still standing. This Monday The Confederation decided that it will be played in Brazil, which hosted it in 2019, but the Government does not confirm that it is the host and imposes conditions.
In what situation was the organization of the Copa América 2021
Until Friday, the 2021 Copa América in Argentina was still on. In fact, Conmebol had made progress in defining the stadiums and training venues for the different teams. They had even visited La Bombonera, which was emerging as a headquarters after the need to find new fields due to the fall of Colombia. Thursday, Alberto Fernández had met with Alejandro Domínguez, from Conmebol, to define organizational issues.
24 minutes between De Pedro and Conmebol
On Sunday afternoon the National Government sent some messages that materialized at 22.16 on the screen of C5N, when Peter’s Wado, Minister of the Interior, assured that it was “very difficult” for the Cup to be held in Argentina due to the health situation. 28 minutes later, at 22.44, Conmebol confirmed the withdrawal from the tournament on Twitter and he assured that he was analyzing “the offer of other countries that showed interest in hosting the continental tournament.”
Conmebol confirmed that the Copa América will not be played in Argentina
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Annoyance in Conmebol due to the suspension of the Copa América 2021
From Conmebol they trusted that the Cup would be held in Argentina. Much more considering that there were only two weeks left until the opening game. That is why the latest movements took them by surprise and generated annoyance of several leaders with the National Government, since they consider that the decision is related to internal political tensions.
Different positions in the Government on the Copa América
- Minister Carla Vizzotti He had anticipated on Saturday that the Copa América was not confirmed “100 percent.” And although from their portfolio they remarked that the decision to suspend the tournament was not theirs, it is clear that the epidemiological report was not favorable. In the same vein, the Buenos Aires governor had declared Axel Kicillof and its Minister of Health, Daniel Gollan.
- Alberto Fernández had expressed himself more optimistic. In fact, the president had delivered a series of strict protocols to Conmebol during a meeting held on Thursday in which Santiago Cafiero (Chief of Staff), Matías Lammens (Minister of Tourism and Sports) and Alejandro Domínguez (President of Conmebol) also participated. . This morning, the suspension confirmed, he reflected: “Faced with the internal risk, am I going to add an external risk? It is true that not too many people laugh, but with one who comes infected, the disease spreads at an enormous rate. “
- After the suspension, Lammens was one of those who spoke and in dialogue with Urbana Play confirmed that the decision had been made by the Government, not so much for a health issue but for “the message that was given to society” during the panthemia.
- Mauricio Macri, one of the opposition leaders, had also marked the field. On Saturday night, on Mirtha Legrand’s program, he had said that it seemed “incoherent” to organize the tournament. Minutes later he answered Gonzalo belloso, Secretary General and Director of Development of Conmebol: “He presides over the FIFA Foundation and boycotts the Copa América (…) He is ignorant and malicious.”
Brazil, the new venue for the Copa América 2021 that is now in doubt
The cancellation of the Copa América 2021 fell like a bucket of cold water on Conmebol. It is that the leaders trusted to carry out the tournament in Argentina as the only venue after Colombia went down due to internal problems. The need was to define the Plan B with less than two weeks of time. The priority to keep the championship alive and, if possible, to do it in South America. Finally, it was decided that it be played in Brazil, which hosted the tournament in 2019, although now the Government does not confirm it. Brazil’s chief of staff, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, did not confirm the holding of the America’s Cup in his country and anticipated that the final decision will be announced this Tuesday.
The conditions set by Brazil to host the Copa América
- That the delegations do not exceed 65 members
- That the parties are without an audience
- Maximum of ten selections
- That all delegations are vaccinated
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