translated from Spanish: Santiago will host the final of the Copa Libertadores in 2019

Santiago de Chile will host the unique end of the 2019 Copa Libertadores while q EU Lima will host of the South American Cup the same year, as reported Tuesday by the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol).
The institution pointed out that it is a “historical decision” taken in a vote of the Council of the Conmebol after evaluating the stadiums and verify that they complied with the requirements established for the holding of a final.
Santiago de Chile and Lima were initially a third rival, Montevideo, although the Uruguayan capital withdrew from the struggle before undergoing the Conmebol criteria.
The stadiums in Santiago and Peru received visits from representatives of Conmebol and various consultants skilled in organization of events that inspected two days and a half each city.
Although the main purpose of the visit was to check that fields fulfilled the conditions of security, logistics and technology, experts also set in other aspects such as the political situation in the country, legal issues, accommodation or Affairs business relating to the telecast.
After the review, the representatives of Conmebol and the consortium formed by IMG & Perform drafted a report for the Council vote.
The President of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, explained that the decision to choose a city responds “to the strategic objective of promoting the sports development of South American soccer”, with more resources and investment.
“The unique end of the Conmebol Libertadores and South American will be events that we will inspire all Americans to ‘Believe in Grande’,” said Dominguez in a nod to the motto of the institution.
The choice of Santiago for the 2019 Copa Libertadores represented to the Chairman of the Federation of football of Chile (FFCh), Arturo Salah, an opportunity to “continue to demonstrate” the “operational capacity” of soccer in his country.
“The development of our football is linked to major events. It is a bet that we have always done, and today redoblamos to this end only of the Conmebol Libertadores 2019, by history that joins the national stadium with the tournament,”he said, quoted in a statement from Conmebol.
His Peruvian counterpart, Edwin Oviedo, he described as “a high honor” which Lima welcome the unique end of the 2019 Sudamericana Cup.
“The Peruvian Soccer Federation (FPF) will be at the height of such an important event of the world and South American football. It’s a new support for a transparent and professional management on behalf of the Peruvian soccer”, said.

Original source in Spanish

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