The joint organization of the tournament by THE FA and THE CONFEDA can increase the income of both sides and is also the inevitable result of the two sides joining forces against FIFA.
On December 15, UEFA and SOUTH American Football Federation held a video conference. The meeting decided that UEFA and SOUTH American Football Federation will strengthen cooperation and jointly organize new competitions. One match that has been decided on a specific time is a friendly match between the Champions of the European Cup and the Champions of the America's Cup. On 1 June 2022, in London, Euro 2020 champions Italy will face Argentina, winners of the 2021 Copa America. Whether the game will be played at Wembley Stadium or at New White Hart Lane has not yet been finalized. The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding, which is valid until June 30, 2028. According to the agreement reached between the two sides, at least the Champions of Euro 2024 and 2028 and copa America will also meet.
For the European Cup winner against the Copa America winner, COPA has already given it a name, Called Finalíssima, which means "final final". In addition to the PK of the European Cup winner and the Copa America, UEFA and COPA are also discussing the possibility of jointly hosting other events, such as the Champions League winner against the Copa Libertadores, the women's Champions League against the Women's Libertadores Cup winner, and the European and South American joint youth football, indoor football and beach soccer tournaments. The two sides also set out to promote the exchange of coaches and referees, which has already begun at Euro 2020 and The America's Cup 2021. In the future, the possibility of South American referees enforcing Champions League matches and European referees enforcing the Libertadores Cup matches is not ruled out. SAAF also wants UEFA to recognize that the coaching card it issues is also valid in Europe. UEFA and SAARC will also create joint offices in London, which will open in March 2022.
In 2018, UEFA founded the UEFA Nations League. South America has a strong opinion on this. European teams to play the European preliminaries, the World Preliminary Tournament, but also to play the European League, there is no time to play friendly matches with other continental teams, South American teams lost the opportunity to train with European teams, South Americans believe that this will make the level of south American national teams decline. At a video conference on December 15, UEFA and SAARC discussed the feasibility of involving South American countries in the League of Nations. To this end, the two sides have formed a technical team to specifically study this issue.
UEFA has 55 member countries and South America has 10 countries. How the South American 10 national team will participate in the UEFA League now has two ideas. One idea is that the South American 10 teams are divided into different groups, starting from the group stage. Another idea is that SOUTH American Football Federation organizes the South American League, UEFA hosts the UEFA Nations League, and finally the european and South American promoting teams play knockout matches together, and the format is equivalent to the "Mini World Cup".
Currently, in 2022, 2024 and 2028, the 3 matches between the European Cup winner and the Copa America are definitely going to be played. Other joint events involving European and South American national teams can only be discussed after the 2024 European Championship and the Copa America have been played. Because whether it is the European side or the South American side, the schedule until the summer of 2024 has already been determined, and it is impossible to change it now.
The joint organization of UEFA and COM will have an impact on the format of the World Preliminary Tournament in South America. In the 2026 World Cup, COMOS has 6.5 places, 6 are direct places, and the 7th place can play the play-offs. Currently, the format of the World Preliminary Tournament in South America is a home-and-away double round robin format, with one team playing 18 matches. With a total of 10 countries in South America, the number of World Cup participants has increased from the current 4.5 to 6.5, and the competition for the South American World Preliminary Tournament will not be so fierce. In the next World Preliminary Tournament, there is no need for the South American region to maintain the current World Preliminary Tournament format. As a result, South American teams also have time to participate in joint European and South American competitions.
To some extent, UEFA and CONFEDA have become business partners. Affected by the new crown epidemic, world football is in a slump. UEFA and COMbol work together to organize the tournament, which can increase the income of both sides. Of course, the proximity of Europe and South America is also the inevitable result of the two sides joining forces against FIFA.
FIFA advocates a fundamental change to the world football schedule, proposing that the World Cup be changed from every four years to every two years. For FIFA's claims, the weak continents of football such as Africa and Asia are in favor, but south American football federation and UEFA are strongly opposed. They believe that the World Cup will be changed to a biennial event, which is equivalent to FIFA's "cutting the domain", power and money will be concentrated in FIFA, and UEFA and SOUTH American Football Federation themselves will hold events, such as the European Cup and the America's Cup, which will be greatly devalued.
In order to resist the biennial World Cup, UEFA and SOUTH American Football Federation stood together to form a united front. Two months ago, they made a harsh statement that if FIFA insisted on turning the World Cup into a biennial edition, they would withdraw from FIFA and not participate in the World Cup. Since then, even FIFA has not been too enthusiastic about the idea of a biennial World Cup. So far, the 21 World Cups, South America 9 crowns, Europe 12 crowns, all the champions have been won by European and South American teams, the World Cup, without Europe and South America can not.
This time, UEFA and SAAFA have promoted the joint organization of the tournament between the two sides, on the one hand, because of economic interests, on the other hand, it is also for FIFA to see: the cooperation between Europe and South America is not just lip service, and now it must be implemented, depending on what FIFA does.
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