Alejandro Domínguez, president of CONMEBOL, assured that the candidacy for Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile to host the 2030 World Cup “is very solid” and urged FIFA and “the soccer family” that it is their “responsibility “that the centenary of the tournament, “which was born in Uruguay”, be held in South America.
“The candidacy is very solid. 2030 is a matter where FIFA has to decide what it is going to do. It is a responsibility of FIFA and the football family of how and what we are going to do to remember those who made that first World Cupwho was born in Uruguay. There will always be an opportunity for other countries from 2030, when they celebrate 100 years, because 100 years come only once and that time it has to be in South America”, he stressed.
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Domínguez presided over the act in which CONMEBOL proposed this Sunday to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), that they change three of the five stars that appear on the chest of their shirt for their World Championships for three hearts, in tribute to a Pelé who was born 82 years ago in Tres Corazones (Minas Gerais).
Tribute made at the CONMEBOL house in Doha (Qatar), called ‘The Tree of Dreams’, which was held days after honoring the memory of Argentine Diego Armando Maradona.
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“It is to do justice. Recognize two people who have done a lot for football. With them, there was a before and after. To do justice is to remember them so that they always live. We have the obligation that the new generations have the opportunity to know what they did to make football what it is today and that they served as inspiration for so many players”, he valued.
Act held during a World Cup in Qatar 2022 in which he pondered the fact that South America has representation in the semifinals, with Argentina.
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“We have one of four. Proportionally, the representation of South America is very large, With Argentina playing in the semifinals, it shows that South American football is here to compete and that it wants to propose bringing the Cup home. We are going to fight until the end, ”he assured.
In addition, the president of CONMEBOL He left the door open for the United States to host the Copa América in 2024, while denying having received a proposal from Bolivia to host it.
“Until today, it is speculation. If it happens, we are in constant conversation and today we don’t have anything signed yet,” he said about the possibility of it being played in the United States.
“I don’t know anything because there is no proposal from Bolivia to host. The day they are proposed, the proposal would be studied, ”he commented.
