Everything is ready for the Under 20 World Cup which will be played in Argentina

The president of the Fifa, Gianni Infantinotraveled from Indonesia to Paraguayanwhere he will participate this Friday in the ordinary Congress of conmebol and confirmed that Argentina has offered to host the next U-20 World Cup which will start at the end of May. Otherwise, surprises, all roads lead to the tournament that is played in our country. Only the official announcement by the parent company of the ball remains.

“Today, Argentina’s candidacy is the only one formally presented and with the government’s endorsement. In two or three days, the FIFA Bureau has to make a decision,” Infantino said at a press conference in Asunción.

THE Argentine Football Federationwith the support of Ministry of Tourism and Sports he was born in Ministry of Economycandidate to host the tournament that it had already organized in 2001 and with the support of the head of Conmebol, Alejandro Dominguezwho together with Claudio Tapia held a meeting with Infantino in which the point was taken on the possible agreement.

“Infantino knows that Argentina has my vote. Because it has been proposed, because I believe in its potential and because you have to have everything ready by May. They have it,” added Alejandro Domínguez, head of Conmebol.

Peru also had the same intentions as the AFA, as did Qatar, which belongs to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) like Indonesia. However, for these hours, they have not submitted their application credentials.

The conclave between Infantino, Domínguez and Tapia also served to shore up the South American candidacy for the organization of the 2030 World Cup, which sees Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile as hosts.

“On the part of the national government, we look very favorably at the possibility of organizing the Under-20 men’s soccer World Cup in our country. I spoke to the president of AFA and expressed our support for the initiative,” he said. Matthias LammensHead of Tourism and Sport in dialogue with the sports newspaper Ole.

And he added: “Bringing this important global competition would be very beneficial for the country for several reasons. First, it would bring thousands of tourists closer to our country, with what it generates in terms of economic movement and generation of foreign currency. On the other hand, it would serve as an antecedent to strengthen our candidacy for the 2030 Senior Football World Cup which we intend to organize together with Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile”.

Indeed, the Argentine selected world champion in Qatar 2022 went out to play the last friendly against Curaçao in Santiago del Estero with a shirt over the shirt that promoted the joint organization of the centenary match.

South America, in the case of the 2030 World Cup, has stiff competition since Spain, Portugal and Morocco officially launched their candidacy and the economic powerhouse of Saudi Arabia could also be added.

Those rated for the Sub 20

The Argentine national team did not qualify for the tournament which will be played from 20 May to 11 June. However, if he becomes a host, he will automatically get the post and take the post that Indonesia had secured until yesterday.

In that case Tapia will have to accelerate to find a coach, given that Javier Mascherano has decided to step aside after the failure in the South American Sub 20. The main candidate is Mascherano himself, who has already received calls from the head of the AFA team and from Lionel Scaloni to review his determination to remain in office.

The other teams that will participate in the World Cup are: Brazil, Fiji, England, New Zealand, Colombia, France, Iraq, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Gambia, Israel, Senegal, Ecuador, Guatemala, Italy, Tunisia, Slovakia, Honduras, Japan , Uruguay, the United States, Nigeria and Uzbekistan.