The fundamental step that the AFA has taken to fight for the joint bid for the 2030 World Cup

THE Argentine Football Federation (AFA) and its president Claudio Chiqui Tapia They quickly left the World Cup title in their memory chest, with accolades and celebrations included, and began their efforts to receive the World Cup 2030 in the country, as happened in 1978 when the first star was awarded. In early February, AFA officially presented together with Uruguay, Paraguayan AND kilos his candidacy to receive the ecumenical competition that will mark the centenary edition. This Tuesday, almost two months after formalizing his intention to arrange the appointment, chiki Tapia confirmed the first encouraging news on the subject.

The president of the AFA since 2017 has talked about the concrete possibility of hosting the World Cup event in Argentina and has sown expectations on the news. “We are very optimistic”said Tapia.

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But beyond his constant public reference, where he admits that he has the will and the necessary tools to host the most important event in football, today he affirmed that the legal issue has advanced: “Yesterday (Tuesday) we sign condition logs for FIFAto organize it”.

“This is the goal that we, the leaders of South America, have”Tapia added in a dialogue with La Red radio. Not only that, but, after signing the conditions, in South America they are optimistic that they will be elected by the different confederations, in charge of defining the seat through a general vote.

“We have a special relationship with Gianni Infantino (President of FIFA), respects the AFA, the national team and idolize the best player in the world (Lionel Messi)”, said the president of AFA.

Of course, after lifting the World Cup in the adventure of the staggered for the Arab lands, it seems to generate a greater impact on the South American bid. Another key point is added by Uruguay, taking into account that the ecumenical event meets the centenary Since its creation and its first headquarters were the lands of Charrúa.

What is the Sub 20 World Cup?

In addition to referring to the event taking place seven years from now, Tapia spoke about Argentina’s bid to host the Under-20 World Cup from May 20 to June 11, after Indonesia was relegated for some political reason.

“I think we will make it.“, he said with few words, but a lot of optimism. It would be a great opportunity for the Argentine national team given that the category led by Javier Mascherano He failed to qualify for the event after a poor performance in the 2023 South American in Colombia. If Argentina is confirmed as the venue, the national team will automatically enter the qualifying list.

The stadiums that appear in the South American bid to host the 2030 World Cup

Just 6 days ago, CONMEBOL took care of disseminating the stadiums available to be able to develop the game under normal conditions, in a list of 18 stages that compose 7 of our country:

ARGENTINA (7): Monumental Stadium (83,000 spectators), Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium in Córdoba (57,000), Único Stadium in La Plata (53,000), Madre de Ciudades Stadium in Santiago del Estero (30,000), Libertadores de América Stadium (48,000), Malvinas Argentinas Stadium de Mendoza (42,000), Presidente Perón Stadium (42,000).

PARAGUAY (5): Conmebol Stadium (60,000) to be built, Defensores del Chaco Stadium (45,000), Gral Stadium. Pablo Rojas (45,000), Antonio Aranda Stadium (28,000) and Villa Alegre Stadium (45,000).

Uruguayan (3): Centenario Stadium (60,000), Campeón del Siglo Stadium (40,000) and Gran Parque Central Stadium (34,000) CHILE (3): Santiago Monumental Stadium (48,000), Colo Colo Monumental Stadium (43,000) and Ester Roja Stadium (33,000)