Montevideo’s Centenario stadium, which hosted the primary World Cup ultimate, will make historical past once more later this 12 months after CONMEBOL on Thursday picked it for the finals of each the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana.
Uruguay gained the primary ever World Cup on dwelling soil in 1930, coming from behind to beat fierce native rivals Argentina 4-2 within the ultimate.
Since then, the Centenario has taken on virtually legendary significance within the nation.
Until 2018 the Libertadores and Sudamericana finals have been performed over two legs however in 2019 Lima’s Monumental stadium hosted the primary single match ultimate of the Libertadores, whereas the General Pablo Rojas stadium in Asuncion was picked for the Sudamericana title decider.
This would be the first time a single stadium hosts each finals.
“The good well being state of affairs projected in December for Uruguay — a rustic that expects to have vaccinated a excessive proportion of its inhabitants by July — was decisive to this determination in an distinctive 12 months conditioned by the pandemic,” said South American football’s governing body in a tweet.
The Sudamericana final will be played on Saturday November 6, with the Libertadores two weeks later.
In 2022 the finals will once again be hosted by different cities: the Libertadores in Guayaquil, Ecuador and the Sudamericana in Brasilia.
Uruguay, with just 3.5 million inhabitants, is one of the South American countries with the most advanced immunization program, although like most of the countries on the continent its infection rates remain very high.
CONMEBOL said the choice of the Centenario stadium for both finals would also boost the joint Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
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