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Copa America 2021 on verge of getting cancelled

Posted by By Alice Jacob June 5, 2021 Copa-America-2021 Key TakeawaysCopa America shifted from Argentina to BrazilBrazil players might withdraw from Competition Big news from South America as Copa America facing huge resistance from local government in Brazil due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases. Copa America, the 2nd most popular football competition in South America after CONMEBOL Libertadores. In this years’ Copa America campaign, 10 teams are set to participate for the 47th Edition of the tournament. But the organizers facing a lot of difficulties to make the competition happen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Copa America shifted from Argentina to Brazil

The South American football Gala event was certainly supposed to be held at Argentina and Colombia in a joint host venture. But rising disputes in Colombia made Argentina to hold the entire tournament. Copa America facing huge resistance from local government in Brazil due to recent surge of Covid-19 cases But the rising covid-19 cases in Argentina made the competition shift to Brazil at the last moment. The tournament brings big revenue for the hosts. But the local governments started protesting against the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for letting the football tournament take place while common citizens continue to die.

Brazil players might withdraw from Competition

After the CONMEBOL finalized the decision of hosting Copa America in Brazil, people started to raise voice against the decision. “Cova America” started to trend on social media, which means “Grave America” in Portuguese. People also started saying “Championship of Death”. Brazilian players have decided not to play the Copa America which is being hosted in Brazil. Some are apparently contacting other players from different national teams to see where they stand. One might think another Messi, Neymar, Suarez talk going on. This from @diarioas.- Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) June 4, 2021 Several Brazilian stars might not take the field in the competition to protest against the mismanagement of Covid-19 situation. At present, Brazil still has more than 1 million reported active cases. They rank 3rd on World Covid meter after USA and India. Tags: Copa America Share on Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Email Alice Jacob June 5, 2021 Alice Jacob View More Posts Alice is the senior writer, responsible for managing news updates at thenewspocket.com. She is also very passionate about Stock market updates and setup and always looking around to use them in an innovative way in daily life.

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