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(CNN Spanish) -
This Saturday, the Conmebol council communicated through a message on its Twitter account that the double date of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, scheduled for March, has been suspended.
"The decision is due to the impossibility of having all the South American players in a timely manner," said the South American soccer regulator.
The CONMEBOL Council resolved to suspend the double date of the Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 scheduled for March.
The decision is due to the impossibility of having all the South American players in a timely manner.
- CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) March 6, 2021
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Conmebol indicated that FIFA will "analyze" the rescheduling and "study" the different options for holding the matches.
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This decision is due to the fact that some clubs in Europe have refused to lend their players to travel to South America and face these matches, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By letting the footballers travel, it would imply that upon their return they must be isolated for at least 10 days and games that would be defining the competitions on the European continent would be lost.
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