Alejandro Domínguez set the bar very high for the Copa América that is about to begin in the United States. Furthermore, he responded to Mbappé for saying that the Euro Cup is more than the World Cup.
The president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), Alejandro Dominguezstated that the Copa America 2024 of the United States will be “the most competitive in history”.
48 hours before the start of the continental competition with the match between Argentina and Canadathe highest authority of the mother body of South American football declared: “This Copa América will be the most competitive in history. If someone asks me which team is the favorite, I couldn’t say which one because it will be an extremely competitive Cup. Expect very high-tension matches.”
“More than a million tickets have been sold and even more will be sold. Conmebol is the Confederation in the world that reinvests the most its income. 95% of what is raised is reinvested… The unique final of the Libertadores or the Sudamericana reaches more than 100 countries live today. When we took over Conmebol in 2016 it did not even reach 40 countries,” added the Paraguayan leader.
Furthermore, among other topics, Dominguez referred to the idea of raising the level of competition in the Women’s Football in Latin America: “The biggest challenge is to put women’s soccer on par with men’s soccer. That’s why we bring the World Cup to South America, to Brazil. In the men’s field we have high competitiveness, it is clear. In the women’s field we know how to recognize that in CONCACAF they have very good competitiveness. “What we want is that, to increase competition.”.
Domínguez’s response to Mbappé
Finally, the leader of the CONMEBOL he responded to the French Kylian Mbappé after his statements in which he stated that the Euro Cup It is more complicated than a world: “Brazil is five plus the three from Argentina and the two from Uruguay… Although there are two others that still… We are giving the Europeans that chance to have two more because if not, it is very easy.”
Source: Ambito
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