“Cali would pay the tests of the Covid-19 if they come to play soccer in the city”: Jorge Iván Ospina

The candidacy of Cali as the venue to play the remainder of the National League is gaining more and more strength after the statements of the city’s mayor, Jorge Iván Ospina, who said that he is willing to financially support professional football as an incentive in this crisis for COVID-19.

“Together with our team from the Ministry of Sport, we are not only offering the city, but we are also offering to be co-sponsors of this bet, so that football can be carried out behind closed doors, but it is possible to make it visible on television, where we can all the biosafety protocols, responsible procedures and that no one will suffer harm, “said Ospina.

The Mayor explained that the idea is for Dimayor to take Cali into account in the project to implement a new normality, which can occur through soccer. In addition, that it looks at us as a city capable of understanding crises and reinventing itself with a true closed championship to function around the sport most loved by Colombians.

“Cali would pay the tests if they come to play soccer in the city,” added the Caleño president.

“In this sense, the good football we could have should not be delayed until September and we should constitute a very well thought-out mechanism to be able to have it sooner,” the burgomaster commented on the air.

Regarding the method to implement the possible arrival of the national rent, he announced that the immunological health passport of each player would have with tests advanced by the Municipality and good training and shelter sites would be provided which the city could secure.

Regarding the topic, Carlos Diago, secretary of Sport and Recreation of Cali, stated that the ‘Sultana del Valle’ has a Pascual Guerrero stadium which meets the appropriate technical conditions for national and international tournaments and that it also has training sites such as the sports headquarters of Deportivo Cali in Pance, that of América in Cascajal, some schools, universities and official sports venues with courts suitable for practice.

It must be remembered that the Deportivo Cali stadium in Rozo, the Francisco Rivera Escobar stadium in Palmira and the 12th of October in Tuluá would be taken into account.

Cali is also strong in the hotel sector in all urban latitudes, has internationally recognized clinics, an enviable gastronomy with the flavor of the Pacific and a suitable climate for sports.