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Conmebol issued a statement Wednesday night after receiving criticism and inquiries regarding the decision to mark a Libertadores tour next year at Data Fifa. The entity justified its choice by saying that the schedule was tight, mainly because of the Copa América, which will be played in Brazil from June 14 to July 7.
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The Confederation of South America claims to have been aware of the coincidence of dates in the elaboration of the table of Liberators. But he also badured that he would reconsider the decision in order to "articulate the interests of the clubs".
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The Libertadores have marked the date Fifa next year – Photo: Leandro Canônico
The table published by Conmebol predicts Tuesday the matches of the group stage of March 26, 27 and 28, which will coincide with Data Fifa from 18 to 26 – in fact, the last one before the invocation for the 2019 America's World Cup.
The entity also had to explain the fact that the second match of the Recopa Sul Americana, which will be played between River Plate and Athletico Paranaense, will take place the same day that River will enter the field for the Libertadores: March 6th.
In this regard, Conmebol baderted that the calendar published in June of this year was provisional – and could therefore be modified.
See full text of release:
"With respect to the concerns regarding the timing of Conmebol's competitions for the year 2019, the Club's Interclub Competitions Branch clarifies:
a) The dates of
b) Considering that in 2019 the Cup will be played in the World Cup, which will be played in 2019 and will be played in 2019 2019 between June 14 and July 7, and taking into account the exceptional requirements that this implies in the annual format of club tournaments, the Club Competitions Directorate informed the Council in June 2018 of the need to organize clubs in March 2019. At this meeting, the Council approved this schedule and agreed to revise the schedule as soon as possible.the results of the draw of Libertadores were known in order to articulate the interests of the clubs and badociations likely to be affected. uestion should be dealt with at the next meeting. "
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