In the midst of a global crisis linked to the coronavirus, Conmebol (South American football confederation) defers to Fifa. The latter asked the highest authority in world football to postpone the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup due to the current pandemic.
"South American teams may not be able to count on players they have summoned and who are playing in Europe, for the reason that these, arriving from countries with a high rate of contagion, could be placed in quarantine" , wrote the Confederation in a letter published on its internal site.
The fate of the Copa America not mentioned
She said she expressed the position of the 10 member countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). All these federations "have asked Conmebol to submit to FIFA a request to postpone the start of the qualifiers to the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, for the reasons explained above, and in order to preserve the health of the whole football family "Reads in the letter.
These qualifiers were to begin with a first day scheduled from March 26 to 28 with, among others, an Argentina-Ecuador or a Brazil-Bolivia. The 18 days of the single hen must run until November 2021. The Confederation has not mentioned the fate of the Copa America, which must oppose five of its members (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay) and Australia as guest, from June 12 to July 12 in Argentina and Colombia.
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