Finally, Buenos Aires will once again have a World Cup match after the definition in which Argentina beat the Netherlands by 3 to 1 in the Monumental in 1978. On that same stage the National Team will appear in the debut of the World Cup 2030 after the officialization by the FIFA Council at its Extraordinary Congress.
The other two South American venues will be the Centenario in Montevideo – it will need a major renovation – and the new Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb, Olimpia’s home in Asunción. The three capitals will host one game and the rest of the World Cup will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
FIFA accepted the candidacy of the three countries to organize the commemoration of the centenary of the first World Cup in history held in Uruguay in 1930.
On the other hand, in the same act The election of Saudi Arabia as organizer of the 2034 World Cup was announced.
Gianni Infantino was from Zurich and in Luque, Paraguay, they followed him Alejandro Dominguez (Conmebol), Chiqui Tapia (AFA), Ignacio Alonso (ON)y Robert Harrison (APF).
In addition, different sports figures from the continent were present such as the Uruguayans Sebastián Abreu and Diego Lugano, the Argentine world champions Alberto Tarantini Oscar Ruggeri and Mario Alberto Kempes, the coach of Paraguay Gustavo Alfaro, the former Paraguayan soccer players Roberto Acuña and Justo Villar.
At the opening of the event, the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, highlighted: “The return of the World Cup to South America is going to mark FIFA from here to eternity. We have the responsibility to make history. “Football unites us and we are going to unite three continents with football.”
“We are pleased to host the 2030 World Cup in the place where it all began. “We take responsibility”continued the Paraguayan manager.
Subsequently, Claudio Tapia took the floor and assessed: “Today is a historic day for world football and South American football. You (Infantino) will be the president who will give the possibility to all continents of having a World Cup, which will be the one that vindicates the history of South America. “We have many of the world’s players, but we also have champion teams and we were the first organizers.”
The Secretary General of the Presidency of the Nation, Karina Milei, participated in the event on behalf of the Argentine government.
