Irene Lozano, President of the Superior Council of Sports (CSD), has practically closed the debate on the presence of the public on the stands of the First and Second stadiums in this final stretch of the championship.
Lozano, who has participated in an informative breakfast organized by Europa Press, has been in favor of ending the tournaments in the current conditions, with the dispute of the matches behind closed doors.
“Everything is going very well, the safest and most reasonable thing is to finish the League without an audience in the stands”
“The safest thing for everyone is finish the league without an audience“, He assured, endorsing his position with the example of the Endesa Basketball League that” has ended successfully and without an audience, despite the minor incidents recorded in Vitoria “, in celebration of Baskonia's victory. “Everything is going very wellDespite the fact that in mid-April, when we started working on something that seemed impossible, many called us crazy for trying to play soccer safely. And now the safest and most reasonable thing is to finish the League without an audience ”.
The CSD president has also spoken about the Viana Pacts, the agreement between LaLiga and the Federation, with the mediation of the CSD itself, which ended the war between both organizations in a state of alarm.
Highlights the role of football in promoting the ‘Spain brand’ and ensures that the Pacts were born “out of necessity”
“Was a pact that was born out of necessityGiven the critical situation created by the pandemic, we could not afford not to reach an agreement. There was a lot of previous work on designing the meeting and it was made possible thanks to the good will of both parties. The architects of those agreements were the president of LaLiga (Javier Tebas) and that of the Federation (Luis Rubiales) ”, he stressed.
Those agreements include the possibility of LaLiga collaborating in the diffusion of the Spain brand abroad: “We have one of the best League in the world, Madrid and Barça are among the ten most recognized brands, we have won a World Cup … Soccer will play a key role in this regard: in Asia, if you say Spain, soccer will answer you … It is a spearhead to improve our international reputation “, he concluded.