At the request of the President of Ecuador, the national COE will review its decision on the public ban for the duel Ecuador vs. Brazil in Quito

At the request of Guillermo Lasso, president of Ecuador, the Emergency Operations Committee (national COE) will meet this Wednesday to re-analyze the issue of vetoing the public, due to the high levels of contagion due to the omicron variant of COVID- 19, for the match that the Ecuadorian team will hold against Brazil.

The duel will be played on Thursday, starting at 4:00 p.m., at the Rodrigo Paz stadium in Quito, on date 15 of the Qatar 2022 qualifiers.

Through a letter published by the Communication Secretariat of the Presidency, in his account Twitter, detailed: After the request of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) to reconsider the holding of the Ecuador vs. Brazil with the presence of public with limited capacity, the President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, has requested the National COE to analyze again, under technical criteria, the possibility of holding the sporting event with 50% of the capacity.

The letter highlights that the session to evaluate the president’s request will be held at the ECU-911 facilities in La Puntilla, Samborondón. “The most up-to-date data on the epidemiological situation will be taken into consideration,” the notification concludes.

Antecedent

In a letter addressed to Juan Zapata, as president of the national COE, the FEF, through its president, Francisco Egas, requests that the decision not to allow the presence of the public for the match be reconsidered and reviewed.

The head of professional football states: “We would like to reiterate and ratify our support for the complex tasks that are being carried out to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country. As a federation, being responsible and respectful of the decisions of the national authority, during these years of pandemic, promoters and vigilants of all self-care measures for the population. In addition, we have gone further, and by our own management, we have contributed to the successful process of mass vaccination of Ecuadorians”.

He also details: “It would leave us in a very bad predicament if Ecuador became the only country in the region to play without an audience, when countries like Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have authorized 100% capacity; Colombia, at 75%; and Peru, which has the most restrictive policy, allows 30% occupancy in its sports venues.

After other presentations and justifications for the COE to review the decision, Egas indicates: “For all the above, we ask your authority, in the most respectful way, but with absolute firmness, to reconsider and review the decision contained in the resolution issued yesterday. and the presence of the public is allowed for the match of our national team, meeting our initial requirement, which is absolutely consistent with the reality we are going through. (D)