José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes has talked about the problems that the headquarters have had World Cup 2030. After the resignation of Malaga and the disputes with La Coruña, the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD) has defended the candidacy of Vigo y Valencia. An initiative to which he added his commitment for the Santiago Bernabéu Be the chosen headquarters to house the end of the tournament.
After the First meeting of the Interministerial Commission For the preparation and organization of the World Cup 2030held on July 15 at the headquarters of the CSD, Rodríguez Uribes has defended that Spain must maintain a “maximum approach” at the headquarters.
FIFA 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 they are 20, if they are 22, It will also depend on how the stadiums are laterwhen the World Cup approaches, ”he explained.
On the fact that Spain started with 15 candidate stages for 11 squares, Rodríguez Uribes 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.”
The CSD will talk to FIFA to fight the two headquarters
The president of the CSD admits that there were internal resistances to include Vigo and Valencia: »We had some difficulty with the Spanish Football Federation, which did not see Vigo or Valencia,” he acknowledges, before announcing an important step: “Let's sign a letter the president of the Spanish Football Federation (Rafael Louzán) and I, who are going to send to FIFAto tell him, in addition to that Málaga has fallen, that Vigo and Valencia have in consideration. ”
Rodriguez Uribes especially defends Vigofor his stadium and his cultural link with Portugal, although he remembers that “there is a stand that must be completed.” However, he reiterates: «It is hardly explainable that it is not: It is a first club with a fantastic stadium and a cultural twinning with very clear Porto ».
The president of the CSD also showed comprehensive about the resignation of Málaga To be headquarters, understanding that “you have to make a very large economic effort.”
«The Superior Sports Council already warned all the candidacies that would not put money for the stadiums. Malaga had to make a new stadium, and probably the City Council, with its mayor (Francisco de la Torre), which I respect and value a lot, understood that a city that has already made a huge bet for basketball, for culture, theaters and museums could not assume more, ”he says.
Uribes wants the final at Santiago Bernabéu
Although FIFA will not make a decision until later, the president of the CSD considers logical that the 2030 World Cup final is played in Madrid.
«We will insist that it has to be in Spain. It is true that one immediately thinks of Madrid and Real Madrid, for being the capital and the best team in history, although Portugal has already said that he does not want the final, ”he says.
Rodríguez Uribes, who was a Government delegate when in 2018 the Argentine teams Boca Juniors and River Plate played in the Santiago Bernabéu the final of the Copa Libertadores, with the presence of the two fans rivals, remembers as an anecdote that the Chief of Police said then: “Delegate, it has been the quieter weekend of the last three months.”
With this data, it values that «Spain can do it very well, Madrid can do it very well». However, it recognizes the relevant challenge that security implies in a World Cup, which considers “the most important thing in sport after the Olympic Games” and that “will demand a huge effort in public order, citizen security and control.”
The president of the CSD emphasizes that the goal is for the World Cup to leave a positive social legacy: «We want it to be the first great sustainable and inclusive World Cup and that the message that is projected is that of an open society», Defends.
The Interministerial Commission, which has already started its works, confirmed that members of the Spanish team that conquered the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, such as Iker Casillas, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta or the coach himself, Vicente del Bosque, would accompany the process.
