Finally, Colombia will not host the Copa América
Colombia is going through more than complicated moments. The ‘coffee growing’ country is immersed in a delicate situation due to the health emergency caused by the coronavirus, to which have been added the continuous revolts and claims against the Government of Iván Duque, which have resulted in various episodes of violence.
This scenario has caused, as I already anticipated Bookmakers Colombia, CONMEBOL has decided to rule out Colombia as an organizing country, next to Argentina, of the next edition of the Copa América.
The efforts of the current Colombian government to prevent this decision from being carried out have had no effect., being ruled out the possibility of rescheduling the continental competition for the month of November.
CONMEBOL Official Statement
Before the formal request of the Colombian government to reschedule the CONMEBOL Copa América for the month of November, CONMEBOL reports the following:
For reasons related to the international calendar of competitions and the logistics of the tournament, it is impossible to transfer the Copa América 2021 to the month of November.
CONMEBOL appreciates the enthusiasm and commitment of the President of the Republic of Colombia, Sr. Iván Duque and his collaborators, as well as by the president of the Colombian Soccer Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and your team. It is certain that in the future new projects will emerge together for the growth of Colombian and South American football..
CONMEBOL ensures the holding of the CONMEBOL Copa América 2021 and will report in the coming days the relocation of the matches that were to be played in Colombia.
Colombia wanted to recover the spirit of 2001
Since Bookmakers Colombia he already signed up, rightly, that Colombia had a special illusion to see the Copa América dispute in their country again. Let us remember that the only time this tournament has been held on the Colombian stage was in 2001.
Precisely, in that edition the ‘coffee growers’ were champions for the first and only time in their history. That selection, that played a great role from start to finish, managed to defeat Mexico by the minimum thanks to both Iván Ramiro Córdoba (1-0).
Recover that spirit of the principles of the 2000 that took Colombia to the top at home was one of the main objectives to be achieved in this Copa América 2021, but finally it can't be like that.
