translated from Spanish: Controversy follows: Conmebol released to defend itself against criticism

Conmebol, the organizer of the Copa América de Brasil 2019, published this Saturday and through social media a statement defending against him and particularly the star of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi. In the mixed zone, after the 2–1 ‘albiceleste’ victory over Chile in the definition of the third place of the continental contest, the figure of FC Barcelona went down against the governing body of the South American football. Consign that ’10’ was expelled in the 38th minute today of the duel with the ‘Red’ for starring in a match with Gary Medel, who also saw the red. “With a yellow one was over (the dispute with Medel). What I said last time may have taken its toll. I didn’t go to the award because we don’t have to be part of this corruption. We disrespected this whole Cup. They didn’t let us make it to the final,” said the Rosarino, who mentioned earlier that the Cup was “armed for Brazil.” Faced with this, Conmebol immediately went out to defend itself. “In football you sometimes win and sometimes get lost and a fundamental pillar of fair play is to accept the results with loyalty and respect. The mime goes to refereeing decisions, which are human and will always be perfectable,” he wrote. “It is unacceptable that 12 teams participated, all on an equal footing, unfounded accusations have been made that are untruthful and call into question the integrity of the America’s Cup,” he added. “These accusations represent a lack of respect for the competition, to all participating footballers and the hundreds of professionals of Conmebol, an institution that since 2016 has been working tirelessly to transparent, professionalize and develop South American football,” he concluded.

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