translated from Spanish: The metropolitan region mayor says they cannot force the tournament back

The mayor of the Metropolitan Region, Felipe Guevara, referred on Thursday to the clash of forces that star in the ANFP and Sifup for the 2019 season of Chilean professional football at the midst of social outburst in the country. The Club Presidents Council last Tuesday at ANFP headquarters would continue the first, first b and second division tournaments, while on the same day Sifup decided in an assembly not to continue playing the competitions. Against this backdrop, the regional authority stated in a dialogue with DNA radio that “we have talked and we have had the doors open with all the actors in the football industry, with whom I have the best of relations, but have decided to temporarily suspend the championship.” We’d love for football to come back, but it’s not in our hands to force them to get the tournament back. We have said that if they are fit and want the return of the championship we will have the means to make that happen with all the security that requires such a spectacle,” he added. In conclusion, Guevara stated that “I am responsible for the security outside the stadium, within the venue are the clubs”. On Friday there will be a new extraordinary Presidents Council at THE ANFP, where the possibility of finishing the championships will be tabled again.

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