Sports ministers from the four South American countries aspiring to host the historic event, which will mark the centenary of the most important football tournament on the planet, are meeting in Montevideo to ratify the commitment to offer FIFA the serious option to assign the event organism.
The illusion of organizing the 2030 World Cup bails out. Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay, the countries interested in hosting the tournament which will coincide with the centenary of the most important game in world football, are meeting to ratify the commitment to organize it, as they been doing for a few years. The highest sports authorities of each nation met in Asunción to continue drawing up the plan with which they will try to convince FIFA of the feasibility of hosting the event and, above all, of organizing it at the highest level.
In the Guarani capital, Sports Minister Alexandra Benado took part in a meeting attended by portfolio ministers from Argentina, Chile and Paraguay, as well as the vice-president of the host country of the conclave, Hugo Velázquez. Conmebol, on the other hand, was represented in person by Nery Pumpido while helmsman Alejandro Domínguez attended the virtual course.
“The intention of the four governments is to achieve the 2030 World Cup. It was an objective that these four countries had had for a long time and after the pandemic we are relaunching the possibility of the candidacy ”, Said Velázquez, as a kind of spokesperson.
Worktable
The plan includes the immediate launch of the executive aspect. Within a month, the working table should be installed which will deal with all the details related to the application. The center of operations will be set up in Uruguay, given the character of the most emblematic candidate, as it is the venue for the World Cup to be held one hundred years after its completion. . “Through communications with Alejandro Domínguez, he received the mandate to start working on the possibility of the 2030 World Cup becoming a reality,” Velázquez underlined.
The representative acknowledges that the idea of a tournament measured in terms of expenses will be considered, given the economic reality of the region. “Although we say clearly that we cannot compete economically with the great powers of the world, knowing the situation of our four countries, we speak of a World Cup in an austere way. “, he added.
“We do not have great economic resources, but we will turn to history, remind you that the first World Cup was held on our continent and it exports the best players in the world. “, he condemned.
In this sense, funding channels have already been explored. “We had the presence of the representative of CAF (Latin American Development Bank) who offered to establish the possibility that they finance this work which is necessary in different countries”, added the Paraguayan. “There are basic conditions that FIFA establishes to organize a World Cup, starting with the stadiums, especially that they have a certain level, as well as infrastructures that establish comfort for the fans,” said Velázquez, who clarified that the intention is that then these works remain in each country to enjoy them beyond the World Cup “, he assessed against the demands they will face.
For her part, Minister Alexandra Benado said: “It has been a very good meeting that will allow us to reactivate the work to apply for the 2030 World Cup. We have discussed with the ministers of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay and analyzed the steps to follow. resume work that was paralyzed by the pandemic, but Above all, it is necessary to review the work already done. We can’t wipe the slate clean” .
“In this case, applying for a global headquarters by 2030 is not an easy process. It involves work, coordination and that’s the idea: to coordinate serious and responsible work, to be a competitive candidate for the rest of the federations.” he concluded.
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Source: Latercera
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