Confirmed. Dates 5 and 6 of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, scheduled for the end of this month, were suspended due to the strong refusal of European clubs to cede to South American players.
Free he learned that Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, could not convince UEFA to release the various selected players without any problems and therefore they decided to postpone the double date.
The other options they handled at the CONMEBOL were to move the Qualifiers to the ‘Old Continent’ or play without the elements that are on the other side of the world.
However, the first alternative was ruled out due to high logistics costs and the second was not accepted by all South American confederations.
CONMEBOL PRESS RELEASE
“The CONMEBOL Council decided to suspend the double date of the Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 scheduled for March. The decision is due to the impossibility of counting in time and form all South American players,” begins the southern body -American through their social networks.
“FIFA will analyze the rescheduling of the date, in coordination with CONMEBOL and member associations. The different options for conducting the matches will soon be studied,” they added.
Fixture of the ‘Bicolor’
The Peruvian selection was going to face first a Bolivia in La Pau, on March 25, and then in Venezuela, In Lima, on the 30th of the same month.
Thinking about these duels, Ricardo Gareca was fulfilling different microcycles that had the presence of footballers from the local media. However, now the recent suspension changed all plans.