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The return of local football remains conditional on the authorization of the Government

2020-08-30T00:16:20.277Z


The idea of ​​the tournament starting at the end of September is getting cold as the number of infections rises. "If the health situation becomes complicated, we will have to wait," Nicolás Russo warned.


Daniel Avellaneda

08/29/2020 - 20:54

  • Clarín.com
  • sports

This Tuesday, September 1, it will be 170 days of the last Argentine soccer game (Central 1-Colón 3, on March 16). Then, everything was under the orbit of the Super League, which no longer existed to give shape to the Professional Football League (LPF) with the same leaders but with no less difference: the box is in the hands of the AFA. And while the ball body moves to the rhythm of government decisions, the ball industry continues to stand by . To make matters worse, at this time, Nicolás Russo put a question mark at the start of the new tournament, unofficially scheduled for spring.

“The leaders aspire to start in the last weekend of September. We, from AFA, do not make any kind of pressure. We adjust to what the national government says. If the health situation is complicated, we will have to wait, "said the boss of Lanús in TNT Sports . Russo is also a legislator for the Renewal Front, the space of Sergio Massa, president of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the politician closest to football, not only because of his influence on Tigre.

Russo's words are not whimsical. They are heard just when the cases of infections and deaths begin to rise in Argentina, which is close to the top ten countries with the most infected in the world . Also, at the time when River had difficulties in the bubble that he set up in Ezeiza. The last hours were very busy for Marcelo Gallardo's team because Adrián Olivieri, goalkeeping coach, tested positive for Covid-19. This situation alerted the National Government and there are leaders who do not rule out that it could be reversed with the training that began on August 10. After all, what matters is the photo. And many believe in La Rosada that seeing players running goes against the drama with which the pandemic is being experienced.

Chiqui Tapia, with chinstrap. The president of the AFA and other leaders evaluate a reversal in training for teams that do not play Cups. Photo: Marcelo Carroll

The clubs that participate in the Copa Libertadores, however, do not run the risk of interrupting their tasks . Regardless of the decision made by the Ministry of Health, River, Boca, Racing, Defense and Justice and Tigre will continue. What's more, they are already scheduling friendlies for the next few weeks.

In short, if it had not been for the pressure exerted by Conmebol, the leaders would still be waiting for signals from Balcarce 50 for the reactivation of field work. Comfortable among the contribution of the partners who were faithful despite the economic crisis and the television that did not stop contributing 500 million pesos a month , they were only in a hurry when the Luque-based body established the date of September 15 as a starting point for the maximum continental tournament.

The outline of the championship will be a Frankenstein that will have four groups of six clubs each, as published by Clarín . The seeds will be the big five and Vélez, which generated a short circuit with Huracán. The first two from each zone will qualify and will be divided into two groups of six teams each. The winners will compete in the final. The champion will be awarded a star and a place for the Libertadores 2021. The loser will wait for the winner of a second tournament in which they will play third and fourth of the qualifying phase. And the award will be a pass to the South American 2022.

Unattractive , it will be one more patch to complete a season that was abruptly interrupted by the coronavirus. There will not even be a date for classics because the clubs did not agree. And to begin on September 25, as the leaders hope, the government's approval will first be needed, like everything the AFA does.

JCH.

Source: clarin

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