As is already a custom in each interview or speech of Mauricio MacriEven in his times as president, football is always present. And this time was not the exception. Consulted by the realization of the next America Cup In Argentina, the former president took aim at the Government for the decision of continue with the South American contest despite the current context of the pandemic.
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“It’s kind of incoherent. They lock us up, they fill us with fear, they forbid us to do millions of reasonable things and all of a sudden they want to make a football championship. It is difficult to follow the coherence of this government, “criticized Macri in La Noche de Mirtha.
His statements quickly made noise on social networks and did not take long to reach the Conmebol, where they generated discomfort. Although the South American entity did not respond, who picked up the glove was Gonzalo belloso, Deputy Secretary General of Soccer and Director of Development of Conmebol.
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“He presides over the FIFA Foundation and boycotts the organization of the Copa América just for hurting his political rivals. Not knowing that football has been played and is played with very low percentages of infections, with extreme health measures and vaccinated, besides being ignorant, he is malicious“he wrote on his personal Twitter account.
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He chairs the Fundac de la @FIFAcom and boycott the org. from @CopaAmerica just for hurting his political rivals. Not knowing that soccer has been played and is played with very low percentages of infections, with extreme health measures and vaccinated, in addition to being ignorant, is malicious.
– Gonzalo Belloso (@ GonzaloBelloso7) May 30, 2021
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At the beginning of 2020, after finishing his term at the helm of the country, Macri was appointed as Executive President of the FIFA Foundation, a decision that was not previously consulted with Conmebol and AFA, so it did not go down well with both entities. Belloso refers to this position in his publication, highlighting that Macri’s statements go against FIFA’s desire to continue with the competitions, but always under a strict sanitary protocol.
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No definitions
Two weeks before the start of the Copa América, the Minister of Health of Argentina, Carla Vizzotti, referred to the holding of the contest and assured: “It is not 100% defined. Those who must make that decision are in the last section of analysis.”
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In addition, he added: “We, from the Ministry of Health of the Nation, We have been generating protocols for months and articulation with other ministries: of the Interior, Migrations, Transport, ANAC, Defense in relation to the controls “.
