A majority of the eleven judges in Brazil's Supreme Court believe that the tournament does not pose an unacceptable health risk.

But several of them order the authorities to take extra security measures.

"It is up to (state governors and mayors) to establish appropriate health procedures and ensure that they are respected, in order to avoid a 'copavirus', with new cases of infection and that new variants appear," writes judge Cármen Lúcia in his decision.

Premiere on Sunday

In all probability, the premiere match between Brazil and Venezuela will be played as planned on Sunday.

There have been many twists and turns around the Copa América, which just like the European Championships has been postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the corona pandemic.

Brazil recently had to take over the organization after the championship was first moved from Colombia, due to violent protests after the presidential election, and then from Argentina due to the serious contagion situation in the country.

Great criticism

However, the criticism has been great in Brazil and the country's own national team players are against the tournament being carried out.

Nearly 480,000 people have died so far in covid-19 in Brazil and critics, including the political opposition, fear that the tournament will lead to further contagion.

However, both Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the South American Football Association Conmebol defend that the championship is being held in the country - and maintain that it will be safe.

CLIP: Hear Patrik Andersson talk about the European Championships 1992 (June 10, 2021)

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Hear Patrik Andersson talk about the European Championships in 1992. Photo: SVT