Chile, beware: Conmebol pressures FIFA to hand over the 2030 World Cup to South America

The 2030 World Cup does not yet take place. Last December, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that only in 2024 will the election be held to determine where the Centenary World Cup will be held. However, from Conmebol they are already starting to push for the tournament of the best takes place in South America.

“Creemos que el centenario no es un Mundial más, si no es ‘el Mundial de la FIFA’ y que hay una responsabilidad muy grande, que la tiene Infantino, no como presidente de la institución, sino la que tiene la FIFA como sociedad del soccer” he pointed Alexander Dominguez President of the South American Confederation, in dialogue with Agencia EFE.

The Paraguayan, in addition to appealing to the emotion that playing the tournament would mean in the same place where it started, highlights the fact that Argentina is the current monarch and in the under-20 category it is the ‘Uruguay. “Everyone understands that this World Cup should be celebrated in a different way and we are aware of that and we want it to be repeated and played here, where everything was born,” he said.

Domínguez assures that the governments of Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, nations that have a common candidacy, have assumed the maximum responsibility. “Our proposal brings together four countries. This is the example that football can show at a time when the world is very conflicted. Where unfortunately we still speak of weapons of war. Football can be a way and an example to demonstrate not only that four countries can unite for a historic goal, but according to history, it belongs to Uruguay and the region,” says the coach.

In this sense, the chef adds that the idea has the approval of other associations in the area that are not included in the list of places. “Mercosur governments have already spoken. Brazil was the first to send its letter of support to the candidacy from Uruguay and Argentina, later from Paraguay and Chile. The outgoing president and the incoming president of Paraguay have committed themselves unconditionally. We are in force to promote our candidacy by trying, not in an electoral process where it generates division, but by consensus, ”he insists.

Another issue Conmebol has promoted is bringing Lionel Messi to South America. Alejandro Domínguez has expressed his desire to see the Argentine star play in the Copa Libertadores. “The President of the Confederation, always with a little laugh, He tells Leo that he has already given him three competitions, that he has played in two cups under his presidency, and that the next could be the Libertadores. This therefore generates the expectation that, without a doubt, a competition that unites Conmebol and Concacaf is going to take place”, declared Claudio Tapia, big boss of the AFA.

At the moment, there is nothing official that will lead North American teams to play in the continent’s highest competition at club level. However, There is another championship that Rosario could play in: the Interamerican Cup. With an agreement between the confederations which will modify the original format.

In the past, there was a back and forth definition between the Copa Libertadores champions and the Concacaf Champions Cup, Now, on the other hand, a home run will be played in which the monarchs of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana will participate, and by the organization that brings together the associations of North and Central America, the León de México, last champion of the Concachampions, and the winner of the definition of the League Cup, which will be played by Nashville and Inter Miami, where Lionel Messi plays.