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The Mayor’s Office of Medellín officially applied to Conmebol to be taken into account as the venue for international tournaments.
The mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero offered his city, with a letter addressed to the president of the Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, to be taken into account as the venue for the final of the Copa Libertadores or Copa Suramericana in 2023.
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“I am one of the great promoters of that initiative, we have proposed Medellín as an opportunity for this to happen here. It is a city that has been characterized by compliance with biosafety protocols, “Quintero said at a press conference.
From InderMedellín they also confirmed the information.
However, in another interview the mayor left open the possibility that Medellín would be taken into account for the play-offs of the Copa Libertadores this year, which is interrupted by the coronavirus. “The possibility of the cup being played from here is being studied, obviously with all the biosafety protocols, from hotel to stadium and from stadium to hotel “, said,
In this regard, in the Blu Rado Sports Blog program, Fred Nantes, director of club competitions of Conmebol, clarified that they are not planning to make the play-offs in a single venue.
“There is nothing true in what is being published, in which Conmebol intends to end Libertadores and South America in a single country or headquarters in South America. We are working looking at scenarios, but always with the aim of finishing Libertadores and Sudamericana as planned, as planned from the start of the tournament ”, said..
Medellín also applied to host the Colombian championship, if the government authorizes it to resume in some venues, behind closed doors.
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