Aleksander Ceferin said in a virtual Football Talks opener that the proposal from Spain and Portugal is “a winning bet”.
UEFA, through its president Aleksander Ceferin, has questioned Chile and South America’s bid to stay with the 2030 World Cup . Through a virtual intervention at the opening of Football Talks, the manager assured that the proposal from Spain and Portugal “is a winning bet”.
“I am sure we will have the 2030 World Cup in Spain and Portugal, two countries that smell of football Ceferin said in his speech. “It’s a winning bet and we will do everything we can to help these countries that are passionate about football, live and breathe football and have good infrastructure. “, he underlined.
The two countries had already signed the commitment to launch a joint bid in 2021, eleven years after also presenting a joint project to organize the 2018 World Cup finally awarded to Russia.
But that wasn’t the only question raised by the UEFA president. He also touched on women’s football, stressing that it is a growing sport “completely different from five years ago”.
“We don’t lose money investing and it’s worth investing. In the products that are new, these are the ones in which we should invest (…) because it is relatively cheap”, he added.
The South American candidacy
For the same edition of the World Cup, South America has also raised its proposal. Chile along with Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay want to stay with the competition that will take place a hundred years after the first World Cup this being one of the main foundations for prevailing in the vote.
“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 “, expressed the vice-president of Paraguay Hugo Velázquez, who acted as spokesman in June, in the relaunch of the candidacy.
He also mentioned that a proposal with controlled expenses was sought, 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.
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. With the ministers of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay , we discussed and analyzed the steps to follow. resume the work that has been paralyzed by the pandemic, but above all we must review the work already done. We cannot wipe the slate clean”.
“In this case, applying for a world seat by 2030 is not an easy process. It involves work, coordination and that’s the idea: coordinate serious, responsible work, be a competitive candidate for the rest of the federations “, he concluded.
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Source: Latercera
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