MADRID, 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
CONMEBOL, the organization that brings together the ten South American football confederations, expressed on Wednesday its firm rejection of the FIFA project to hold a World Cup every two years because it “turns its back on a hundred years of tradition” and made it clear that its national teams they will not participate.
“There are no reasons, benefits or justification for the change promoted by FIFA. In response to this, the ten countries that make up CONMEBOL ratify that they will not participate in a World Cup organized every two years,” he warned in a statement CONMEBOL after the meeting of its Council in the Paraguayan town of Luque.
For the organization, this idea of FIFA “turns its back on almost 100 years of world football tradition, ignoring the history of one of the most important sporting events on the planet.”
“CONMEBOL supports the World Cup currently in force, with its terms and classification systems, because it has proven to be a successful model, based on sporting excellence and that rewards effort, talent and planned work,” he stated.