The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanzsaid Monday during an extraordinary session at the Hispanic City Council that the Cartuja stadium will host the final or a semifinal of the World Cup 2030»That it will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. A surprising statements that was not known so far. The grand final is expected to be played at Santiago Bernabéu, but there is still nothing decided officially.
“Even here, the only nearby line does not have its ring closed, which would be fundamental to the Metropolitan Area of Seville and also thinking about that future stadium of the Cartuja that will host a final or semifinal of the World Cup in the year 2030,” said the mayor of Sevilla.
A stadium of The Cartuja that during this season will host the matches of the Real Betis Balompié and that during the last seasons he has undergone several reforms. The last one was updated and presented in the last final of the Copa del Rey between Real Madrid and Barcelona, with the athletic track withdrawn and the stands much closer to the pitch.
This way, Sevilla aspires to house one of the great games of the World Cup 2030. And it is that a semifinal of this World Cup in within five years would be one of the great games of the planet football. The final would already be major words and there are other stadiums such as Santiago Bernabéu that also aspire to house it. Morocco also dreams of having the grand final over its territory.
Spain's headquarters for the 2030 World Cup
In fact, the headquarters that will house the 2030 World Cup in Spain are not yet official. Malaga fell by surprise at the last minute, and Valencia and Vigo aspire to be able to have any of the matches. After the first meeting of the Interministerial Commission for the preparation and organization of the 2030 World Cup, held on July 15 at the CSD headquarters, Rodriguez Uribes He defended that Spain must maintain a “maximum approach” at the headquarters.
The FIFA He set 11 headquarters for Spain and the manager made it clear that the figure is not definitive and that there is still room to adapt to the circumstances: «In principle, the idea was that there were 20 venues. It is true that this is not closed. Will FIFA end up closing it? If there are 20, if they are 22, it will also depend on how the stadiums are later, when the World Cup approaches, ”he explained.
On the fact that Spain started with 15 candidate stages for 11 seats, Rodriguez Uribes He argued that “they always defended that it had to close the 12 and include Valencia as the thirteenth.” All this as long as there were no problems with the new Mestalla. “There are five years left and there are many eventualities that we cannot predict now.”
