translated from Spanish: Conmebol: “March’s qualifying date remains as it may be”

The development director of the South American Football Confederation, Gonzalo Belloso, was clear in noting that the March double qualifier will not be suspended, despite the problems of players who militate in Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The clubs, especially from the English Premier League, have expressed their qualms about the journey of South American footballers, as on their return they must serve 10 days in quarantine and thus some matches will be lost.
“The idea is to ask for exceptional permits. We are working with FIFA which pledged to make the effort to free all called players. We understand the problem in the UK, but we want to count on everyone. We gave ourselves a week’s time to discuss the issue and since last Thursday we’re on it. Alejandro Dominguez President of Conmebol is already talking to FIFA,” Belloso said in dialogue with El Mercurio.
“We have the expectation and confidence that it will be played with all the conveners. Our argument is that the dates played in September and October all worked out fine. Four thousand PCR exams were conducted, among players, officers and referees and there were only 18 positives. Not even 1 percent. That’s why we’re still optimistic, we think we’ll have the selected ones. We were already able to prove that the protocols were met, the risk is minimized,” he added.
Finally, the leader clarified that “the date of March remains as it is, because it is impossible to reage. We’ve already lost a year to the pandemic. There is no option to re-schedule matches.”
 

Original source in Spanish