For the President of CONMEBOL, this Copa América 2019 will mark a before and an after in the history of the tournament, and will be the best reflection of a continent that is the scene of great meetings and the best football in the world.
Dominguez assured that it is a great opportunity to show the world the sport that thrilled this continent, also driving values such as sportsmanship, improvement and fraternization between peoples.
More than 178 countries and 1,500 media from 5 continents will witness a continent vibrating with our South American football.
São Paulo, July 13, 2019. «We will return to lead the world football», with this conviction facing the President of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, the opening of CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019 on Friday, June 14 in São Paulo.
The main representative of continental football offered a press conference this morning, in which he indicated that this edition of CONMEBOL Copa América will mark a before and an after in the history of the competition. A turning point achieved with professionalism and rigor in management as a fundamental pillar of all the aspects surrounding a meeting of these characteristics.
In this way are new features such as the allocation of the biggest awards in the history of the competition for the participating teams, with the objective of reinvesting profits in the competitiveness of continental football, the implementation of the video assistant referee (VAR) in all matches of the competition to provide greater justice to the sport and to guarantee «Clear Rules», and a greater coordination between the security authorities of the countries with the technology as a great ally.
«This will be the best Copa América in the history, let’s show the world that we are much more than the best talent pool in the world,» Domínguez requested. «We are also the scene of great meetings, and we represent a unique way of living football, a sport that represents our passion. With the «pride of representing our past, and with confidence in our future» the main representative of South American football was confident to return continental football «to the right place». CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019 and the more than 1,500 accredited media from the five continents will witness this.
