2030 World Cup: Three Continents Unite for a Historic Celebration

04/11/2024 12:20 p.m. Updated on 04/11/2024 2:44 p.m.

In the run-up to the 78th Ordinary Congress of Conmebol, the minutes for the 2030 World Cup were signed, which will be with three matches in Uruguay (the inaugural), Argentina and Paraguay, and the rest in Spain-Portugal and Morocco. “We showed that football must unite, it will be the first World Cup between three continents. And if we are not as leaders, we will enjoy it from the outside,” was part of Alejandro Dominguez’s speech, before giving the floor to Lacalle Pou (president of Uruguay), Santiago Peña (Paraguay) and Gianni Infantiko (FIFA).

Lavalle Pou grabbed a ball and highlighted that the Centenario stadium will be used as the first game of 2030. Peña showed his satisfaction for Paraguay and finally Gianni Infantino spoke about how historic the centenary will be. Alejandro Domínguez always stressed the importance of highlighting the we and showed a handwritten document from 1930, he even gave a copy to the presidents. Javier Milei, who was invited, was not present, but rather a representative of the Foreign Ministry: Milei (traveling in the United States) was not yet present at Conmebol and there are big differences with AFA because he wants to develop public limited companies and there is a tidal wave….

In Milei’s absence, Claudio Tapia presented commemorative plaques to the presidents of Paraguay and Uruguay. And he referred to the satisfaction for what 2030 will be. And then everyone posed with the minutes made up of 2030, with a Uruguayan table from 1930, the World Cup and a ball from the 1930 final. There was also special recognition for champions from the world like Ruggeri, Pumpido, Dunga, Mauro Silva and Ronaldo, the most applauded.

There are still six years left but 2030 is already being experienced in Conmebol in some way, with those three games that will be played. For this reason, Infantino was specially decorated with a gold necklace and thanked.

Tapia at the CONMEBOL event.

The word of Infantino, president of FIFA

Gratitude and memory. “Thanks to Conmebol for this honor they have given me, I am very excited. I am a soccer fan. The first memory I would like to name here is a person I met very quickly and it is Alejandro Domínguez’s father, a great leader of the football. I think it is appropriate to remember it.”

The centenary. “The 2030 World Cup will also be something special, something unique. The centenary World Cup is the World Cup that unites the world. We always say that football has this magic and power to unite people from all over the world with the same emotion. If you If you give a ball to a girl or a boy, their face automatically lights up, it is something special. We as leaders have to protect it, protecting the values ​​of football that we grew up with, playing football and organizing it. Those values ​​that are the same in every corner of the world.”

Celebration. “For me it was clear to think of something special for this World Cup. We must remember history: we united the world in an intercontinental party, the first will be where the first final was held, in the Centenario stadium. From now on, from this Congress and the minutes that we signed, we have to think about events to celebrate one hundred years of the World Cups.

Racism and violence. “There are also problems in football such as racism, which is a very serious problem, we are going to talk about it in Bangkok, we have to be united and stop racism now. All the love to the players who have suffered like Vinicius Jr. and others who have also done it. There is no reason in the world to suffer today, in 2024, racism, we have to be determined to stop this. as well as violence. Going to a football match has to be a party and a joy. It is a matter of education and something civil about us. We are all the same team to face this.”

The 78th Ordinary Congress of Conmebol is over

Alejandro Domínguez will lead the entire morning and also the night, looking askance at everything related to the 2030 World Cupwhich will have three games in South America for the Centennial and the rest in Spain-Portugal-Morocco. Among the main topics to be addressed are the presentation of the Report, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Income and Expenses.the Statement of Evolution of Net Assets and the Statement of Cash Flows as of December 31, 2023. In addition, the opinion of the independent auditors of PriceWaterhouseCoopers will be analyzed, as well as the reports of the Internal Audit, the Compliance and Audit Commission , and the Finance Commission.

Despite the presence of Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña, who were greeting football men like Ariel Ortega, Martín Palermo and Lucas Pratto, The meeting did not have the presence of Javier Milei, who was politically in conflict with the AFA, mainly due to the issue of Sports Joint Stock Companies. However, the absence of the president of the Argentine Republic is also linked to his commitments in the United States. For that reason, The one who came in his place was Ernesto GaspariSecretary of Coordination and Foreign Planning.

In addition to the footballers mentioned, Football legends such as Ronaldo Nazario will participate in the eventDunga, Mauro Silva, Roberto Carlos, Oscar Ruggeri, Nery Pumpido, Mario Yepes, Sebastian Abreu and Fabian Carini.

Alejandro Dominguez – Conmebol

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