Also, was present Alejandro Domingueztop leader of the conmebolwho was one of the voices that argued to achieve the South American candidacy, and was attended by several of the world champions with the Argentine national team in 1978 and 1986.
Besides the Together 2030 Corporation The main leaders of each Federation participated: Pablo Milad (Chile), Ignacio Alonso Labat (Uruguay) and Robert Harrison (Paraguay). As well as the sports ministers of each country: Alexandra Benado Vergara (Chile), Sebastián Bauzá (Uruguay) and Diego Galeano Harrison (Paraguay).
“History and passion will give us the chance to host the 2030 World Cup”raised Wallpresident of the AFAwho was also very optimistic about this proposal to organize a world Cup in four countries: “We know that we must work very hard to convince and show the world that we can be the South American venue in 2030.”
Along the same lines, he added: “We dream of hosting this cup again on its centenary. All South Americans have a lot of passion, we live football that way.”
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In turn, the boss of the conmebol, Dominguezgot up from the table and climbed onto a platform to make his speech: “We are convinced and FIFA has the obligation to honor the memory of those who made the first World Cup. Those men made it possible for football to have the exposure we have today. If they were here today they would be surprised.”
Lastly, the event closed with a tribute to the World Champions of Argentina in 1978, 1986 and 2022. They were present Franco Armani, Oscar Ruggeri, Jorge Burruchaga, Ricardo Giusti, Ricardo Villa, Omar Larrosa and Alberto Tarantini, Pablo Aimar, Roberto Ayala and Luis Martin (part of the coaching staff of lionel scaloni).
The candidacy is already official, although to find out which venue will be chosen, it will have to wait until the 74th Congress of the FIFA to be held in 2024, two years before the 2026 edition of the competition in United States Mexico and Canada.
In the bid for the organization of the World Cup 2030South American countries will have to compete with Spain and Portugalwhich recently also expressed the intention of adding to Ukraine to your candidacy.
A third alternative, still without official confirmation, could be configured between Greece, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Source: Ambito
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