2023-05-17 21:38:57
The Confirmation of Argentina as the venue for the Under 20 World Cup surprised international football, following FIFA decided to remove the organization from Indonesia for political reasons. In an interview that he gave in the last few hours, Claudio Tapia, president of the AFA, confessed regarding what happened in the previous hours.
the chiqui indicated that the possibility that Argentina agreed to organize the contest “was more due to the fact that the planets aligned than to a concrete idea”.
«To have achieved the headquarters It was thinking and being at the right time and things happened. It was not an idea but the planets aligned, because just on March 30 there was a Conmebol Congress, FIFA President Gianni Infantino was traveling to South America and a day before they had taken the World Cup from Indonesia,” Tapia confided. in an interview with olé.
“That day we woke up very early and we were lucky to be able to find all the actors who had to accompany us so that this might crystallize quickly, “he explained.
Tapia He highlighted “the role of the State, with the support of the notes to be the venue. And we also have a great virtue, since We are going to play a World Cup with four more competitions taking place simultaneously in our countryas are the Professional League championship, the Argentine Cup, the South American Cup and the Libertadores ».
«Maybe the great debt of Argentine soccer is in the infrastructure, although in any case we have the stadiums available and in conditions according to FIFA standards. That is why all this happened and we can give continuity to a project ». she expressed.
“Why the Sub-20 is more for training players even if you always want to win, but we have the opportunity for Javier Mascherano to continue in charge of the team and We are going to compete very well, because there is a very important change in the selection Regarding the one that had not been able to classify in the South American, “he appreciated.
And when endorsing his initial statements on how Argentina once once more became the venue for a U-20 World Cup for the second time in history following the one he won in 2001, recognized that having been “elderly world champion helped, as well as the fact that Mascherano is a FIFA legend and has so many relationships in the world of football. Because It is not easy to become the organizer of a World Cup in 40 days,” he concluded.
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