“I thank FIFA, UEFA and CAF (Confederation of African Football) for making it possible for the 2030 World Cup to have three continental venues. America, Europe and Africa. We could not miss this historic opportunity. The 2030 World Cup will have three opening parties, one at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, another in Argentina and another in Paraguay,” said Conmebol President Alejandro Domínguez. However, Chile, which aspired to be one of the centers of the South American region, was left out. Domínguez announced that the tournament will start at the Centenario Stadium.

In addition, the FIFA Council unanimously agreed this Wednesday that the only bid will be the combined bid of Morocco, Portugal and Spain, which will host the 2030 World Cup and qualify automatically.

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For months, the South American bid for the 2030 World Cup feared that its chances would be reduced precisely because of the lack of stadiums and facilities with minimum FIFA requirements in Chile, as none of them currently meet them, including the Colo Colo Monumental. Only the National Stadium, which is being remodeled for the opening of the Pan American Games on October 20, has come close to international standards, although it is also very far from European stadiums in terms of performance.

This is how the main Chilean newspapers in their digital editions understood their exclusion as a sub-host of the 2030 World Cup, which will reach Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

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the third: “The event will not pass through Chile. The news was received as a real bombshell. Ahead of the decision, the leading role that Chile took in the candidacy was even highlighted. In the Chilean football headquarters, they are still trying to explain the failure. Rather, they were surprised by Alejandro Domínguez’s public announcement via social networks. Only in the next few minutes will they try to get an official explanation regarding the exclusion, which was not planned by anyone.”

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Mercury: “Bombshell: Conmebol Announces First 2030 World Cup Matches Will Be In South America But Doesn’t Mention Chile. Then the event will be played entirely in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. It will be a revolutionary format. In a message on his Twitter, the head of Conmebol did not mention Chile, which has so far appeared as the fourth South American country among the organizers of the event. Later, FIFA itself confirmed the news and stated that after the opening matches in South America, the World Cup will be played in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.”

Fourth: “Conmebol defeated Chile: The 2030 World Cup will have matches in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. “Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will host the opening of the centenary of the World Cup,” said Alejandro Domínguez, head of Conmebol, leaving out Chile, although it appeared in the initial bid. That is, the first matches would be with Argentina playing on Argentine soil, Paraguay on Guarani soil and Uruguay also at home. However, the competition would later move to Spain, Portugal and Morocco, where the rest of the Cup will finally be held.”

Counter: “Chilean National Professional Football Association memo from Pablo Milado: FIFA excludes Chile and awards World Cup to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. The ANFP did not expect this rejection, given that the administration led by Pablo Milada was convinced that Chile could once again host a global football event after the 1962 World Cup. A real blow. After the news was revealed, alarms were activated in Quilín in order to put out this new fire that is complicating Milad’s administration. As of the date of this post, ANFP has not yet released its version as it was not in its plans to exclude them.”

Time: “Although Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile worked together to bid to host the 2030 World Cup, this morning Conmebol President Alejandro Domínguez made a surprising announcement that our country does not appear among the considerations. And Chile? It simply does not appear in what Domínguez mentioned, and so far there is no explanation to indicate the reason for the determination. The president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, made an important announcement in which our country’s application does not appear.” (D)