05/30/2021 11:37 PM
Clarín.com
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International Soccer
Updated 05/30/2021 11:41 PM
On a Sunday without football but loaded with information regarding the destinations of the Copa América that was to begin on June 13, Minister Wado de Pedro kicked the Conmebol board: "
We see very difficult that the Copa América can be played in Argentina
".
First, it had been the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, who expressed herself in this regard: "It is not one hundred percent defined that the Copa América be played in Argentina."
The declarations of the head of Health put a cloak of doubt and surprised the leadership of South American football, since the opening whistle of the Cup should be given within 15 days.
"
That (the Copa América) is not 100% defined
. I understand that those who have to make the decision are in the last section of analysis. We, from the Ministry of Health of the Nation, have been generating protocols for months and articulation with other ministries: Interior, Migration, Transport, ANAC, Defense in relation to controls, "said Vizzotti.
On Saturday night, it had been the former president Mauricio Macri in the program that Juana Viale conducts on Channel 13 nights. "It's kind of incoherent.
They lock us up, they fill us with fear
, they forbid us to do millions of reasonable things
and suddenly they want to make a soccer championship
. It is difficult to follow the coherence of this government, "said Macri.
And this Sunday it was the Secretary of Conmebol himself, Argentine Gonzalo Belloso, who replied to former president Mauricio Macri: "He
presides over the FIFA Foundation and boycotts the organization of the Copa América 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, it is malicious, "he wrote on his personal Twitter account Belloso.
Finally, on Sunday night, Interior Minister Wado de Pedro appeared on Hagan Algo, the program hosted by journalist Iván Schargrodsky on C5N, and gave a panorama very similar to that described by Vizzotti.
"Today I was talking with the president regarding the health situations of the different jurisdictions; we were analyzing in particular the situation of Mendoza, Córdoba, Tucumán, Santa Fe ... some are the headquarters for the Copa América to be held and, through the health diagnosis,
we see it very difficult to play the Copa América in Argentina "
, surprised De Pedro.
🕘 "Due to the health diagnosis, we see it very difficult for the Copa América to be played in Argentina," expressed @wadodecorrido
👉 I continued #HaganAlgo with @ischargro until 11pm pic.twitter.com/yACE6ADqF0
- C5N (@ C5N) May 31, 2021
In addition, in the interview, the Minister assured that Monday will be the key day to define whether or not the most important competition in South America is played in Argentina: "Tomorrow, the president together with the Ministry of Health will make the decision. But Being consistent with what we have been saying, which is to take care of the health of Argentines and Argentines, seeing that there are new strains, it seemed important to us (discuss it), "the minister closed.
Pedro's statements resounded so loudly at the Conmebol headquarters in Paraguay that a
few minutes after the minister's statements, the entity released a statement announcing the suspension of the Cup in Argentina
: "CONMEBOL reports that in response to the Present circumstances have resolved to suspend the organization of the Copa América in Argentina. CONMEBOL analyzes the offer of other countries that showed interest in hosting the continental tournament "
CONMEBOL informs that in view of the present circumstances it has decided to suspend the organization of the Copa América in Argentina.
CONMEBOL analyzes the offer of other countries that showed interest in hosting the continental tournament.
- CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) May 31, 2021
Finally, what seemed like it should be defined first thing on Monday, accelerated. Now, Conmebol evaluates Chile, Paraguay and the United States as possible locations.