Copa América will be with public in Colombia and Argentina: Conmebol



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The selections tournament will take place from June 11 to July 10, 2021 in Colombia and Argentina, Countries in which it is contemplated to play with occupied stands despite the fact that in each there are more than one million positives for COVID-19 since they are 2 of the 10 most affected by the pandemic in the world.

In this regard, Belloso confirmed in statements delivered to the Olé newspaper that “the Copa América is going to be held, and the projection is to make it ‘full’ [sin restricciones de público], in case there is the vaccine against the coronavirus ”.

And he added that otherwise, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) contemplates “30 or 40% capacity on the fields, as in other places where they are competing ”.

The spokesperson for Conmebol explained that with or without a vaccine, the opening of doors “will work” because “All the people are going to want to be there and, on that scale, all the stadiums are going to be full.”

Finally, ratified Australia and Qatar as guest teams for the Copa América and added that in Colombia the issues of “infrastructure, security, contracts, tourism and tickets” are already advanced, something that had not yet been established in Argentina, but that “from now until the end of the year will be adjusted.”

These announcements came to light despite the fact that currently it is played behind closed doors in both countries, where the health authorities are in charge of giving the last word, since in each one the number of deaths from the virus are around 30,000.



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