One rumor has sparked controversy. But that alleged request also had an explanation. A few hours after the four venues for the Under-20 World Cup in Argentina became official, an alleged request to rename the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza came to light, due to the restriction that Fifa maintains for political demonstrations in matches organized under its orbit.
Mendoza has been confirmed as the venue for the Men’s Youth World Cup, which will be played from 20 May to 11 June, together with the silver, Santiago de Abroad AND Saint John.
It was the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens, who clarified what had happened. “I attended meetings with FIFA delegates, with AFA president Chiqui Tapia, and at no time was there any mention of the possibility of changing the name of the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza. And if that had happened we would not have accepted under any circumstances . concept”he wrote on Twitter, when the archipelago’s name had become a trend.
In parallel, the spokesmen of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Mendoza consulted by the agency Telam he explained that what FIFA reported was that each headquarters will be named with the name of its city. “It will be for your communications or for your facilities, and not for the name of your stadium, so our headquarters will be called Mendoza”they indicated.
The same will happen with the San Juan Bicentennial; the Diego Armando Maradona of La Plata, and the Mother of Cities of Santiago del Estero, where the governing mother of world football will call them not by the name of the stadium, but by the name of the city in which they are located.
The draw will take place this Friday in Zurich, Switzerland and Argentina as the organizing country, will be seeded, placed in Group A and will share the first bowling alley with Uruguay, United States of America, France, Senegal AND Italy.
Bolillero 2 will consist of England, Republic of Korea, New Zeland, Brazil, Ecuador AND Colombia.
The Bolillero 3 will complement it Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Japan, Iraq, Honduras AND Fiji.
mwhile bolillero 4 will have Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Israel, Slovakia AND Tunisia.
The only restriction the draw will have is that teams from the same confederation will not meet in the group stage.
Source: Clarin
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