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Open war in Brazil: what if footballers refuse to play the Copa América?

2021-06-04T18:23:17.150Z


Coach Tite warned that they have a position contrary to that of the president of the Confederation. And Bolsonaro presses: 'Whoever does not want to watch the games should not watch them.'


06/04/2021 12:49

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 06/04/2021 12:49 PM

The meeting of the main referents of the campus with the president of the Brazilian Football Federation, Rogério Caboclo, was on Wednesday.

And

what tried to be a point of agreement ended up tightening even more the rope that threatens to break

at any moment.

That is why Casemiro gave the first signal by not attending the press conference on Thursday in which it was announced.

There Tite gave his face and, beyond his statements about the two qualifying matches (Friday against Ecuador and Tuesday against Paraguay) his most important message is the one that was suspended.

“After these two games we will talk.

We have a very clear position and we were loyal because we already told the president.

I will speak and the players who have an opinion contrary to that of the president about playing the tournament will also speak ”

.

The sports section of the newspaper OGlobo ironizes: "

The only one that resists is the mascot"

in an article in which he gives an account of the changes of headquarters that took place at the last minute due to the refusal of several cities.

The most soccer players were the first to appear as an option but neither San Pablo nor Porto Alegre nor Belo Horizonte nor Salvador gave the OK to receive the contest.

With this scenario, the President, Jair Bolsonaro, accelerated in the regions in which he planted the flag to win the 2018 elections.

A flag at the door of the Maracana: "We don't want the Cup, we want the vaccine."

Photo: REUTERS / Pilar Olivares

There will be action in cities that support a president who was losing the level of adherence as a result of his handling of the pandemic and who sees in the Copa América again a possible hook to aspire to re-election in 2022, which today seems impossible.

In the four venues (Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá, Goiania and Brasilia) in which the contest will be played, Bolsonaro got more than 60% of the votes.

Cuiabá lives the most curious situation.

Its mayor, Emanuel Pinheiro, opposed the holding of the contest there and argued that they have 90% of the hospital capacity covered.

But the Arena Pantanal stadium, built for the 2014 World Cup, governs under the administration of the Mato Grosso provincial government, led by Bolsonarista Mauro Mendes, who gave free rein.

"We win once again, whoever does not want to watch the games should not watch them, turn off the television, go and talk to his boyfriend, his mother-in-law, his father-in-law ...", challenged Bolsonaro this week. " It's simple, we who are on the right, if we don't like something, we stop doing it, but when left-handers don't like something, they want to impose that the rest don't like it. They lost once again. "

The chief of staff, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, had been more contemplative in stating that he found no reason not to receive the Cup when there was soccer activity at the state, national and South American levels in the country.

Tite, with his players: the coach advised that they will speak after the Playoff games.

Photo: DPA

In 2019, Bolsonaro took center stage in the champion's photo.

He had already taken an Olympic lap at halftime in the semifinal against Argentina.

In the celebrations for the title, captain Dani Alves gave him the Copa América and wished: "I hope we win many more things with him."

Technician Tite avoided greeting the president.

Dani Alves was the big surprise on the squad list for these two qualifying games.

Although from Brazil they warn that the reins of the squad are carried by those who play in European football, with Casemiro (Real Madrid) and Thiago Silva (Chelsea) at the helm.


Other voices

So far they are all loose ends.

The first complaints came from Uruguay.

“The players have no voice or vote.

And I'm not the only one who thinks so.

Many times it is not seen, but we are the ones who have to go and put our faces to try to give joy to all those people who have to take care of themselves, "said Edinson Cavani. Beside him, Luis Suárez moved in the same direction when asked by the Copa América: "It is striking that it is played, it is reality. The health of the human being should be prioritized and not a soccer tournament."

Then it was Sergio Agüero who slipped a criticism when stepping on Argentine soil: "If it's complicated in Brazil, you can't play."

And the ball remained under the sole of the local team while the country reaches half a million deaths from the coronavirus.

The action will begin on June 13 in Brasilia, a city that was in a sanitary collapse in April and May and that presents an occupation of the health system of 87.55%.

"Whoever does not want to leave," Bolsonaro raised the bet.

What if they don't want the Brazilian players?

Look also

Brazil does not play the Copa América ?: They say that several figures from the squad asked not to play the tournament and Tite asked not to speak on the subject

José Luis Chilavert, against Conmebol and the Copa América in Brazil: "I ask Lionel Messi to rebel"

Source: clarin

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