7 Jun 21:17
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The Brazilian Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, affirmed this Monday that the players of the 10 teams that will play the Copa América-2021 in Brazil are not obliged to be vaccinated, contrary to what his government initially requested.
“The question of the vaccine is not an imposition. Those who are vaccinated, the better. But there will not be an effort to vaccinate now. Even because the vaccine can cause a reaction, and that could compromise the competitive pace of the players”, he declared at a press conference in Brasilia.
“If vaccination were required at this time, they would not have immunity from here to the start of the competition,” added the minister, who recalled that other competitions are played in Brazil without this requirement, such as the World Cup qualifiers, the South American Cup or the Copa Liberators.
The operational coordinator of the Copa América, André Pedrinelli, said however that six of the ten delegations that will play the tournament (made up of 65 people each) are already fully vaccinated and another two will finish being vaccinated before the start of the competition this Sunday. , which will be held until July 10.
Queiroga detailed the health protocols to prevent the spread of the virus during the tournament, which the government of Jair Bolsonaro agreed to organize in replacement of Argentina (which saw its organization canceled due to the worsening of the pandemic), in a decision highly questioned by experts before the seriousness of the situation in Brazil, the second country with the most deaths from coronavirus (474,000).
Among other measures, all the members of the delegations will pass the PCR test every 48 hours, will remain in individual rooms and isolated floors in the concentration hotels and will travel between the four host cities in chartered planes, in addition to having reduced mobility during their stay. to avoid crowds.
“All the games will be played without the presence of the public. So it is a controlled environment,” said the minister.
Brasilia, Brazil | AFP
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7 Jun 21:13
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Full confidence. That is the environment that is lived in the red-haired concentration. The campus completed the last training session at the Ypané High Performance Center.
Warm-up drills, soccer in a confined space and tactical rehearsals predominated in the practice, which had the entire coaching staff of Eduardo Berizzo verifying even the smallest detail.
The president of the Paraguayan Soccer Association, Lic. Robert Harrison, was present in Albiróga to observe the movements and visit the albirrojos.
The members of the Executive Council of the APF and the Selections Department, Javier Díaz de Vivar, Miguel Figueredo, Enrique Sánchez, and the leader Jorge Cáceres also signed in attendance.
The match will be valid for the eighth date of the South American Qualifiers and will begin at 20:30 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium. Paraguay is fourth with 7 points and in the classification zone, Brazil is the leader with 15 units.
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The Paraguayan National Team closed its preparations for tomorrow’s commitment at Defensores del Chaco.
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– Paraguayan Selection (@Albirroja) June 7, 2021
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7 Jun 19:26
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Like the other teams, Sportivo Luqueño is in full planning of what will be the second semester of the Paraguayan soccer First Division championship.
Players go, players come. An experienced footballer will not remain at the club for the Clausura Tournament, he is the attacker Guillermo “Memo” Beltrán.
The forward arrived at the beginning of this 2021 and managed to register 15 games played, scoring two goals. He started 9 times and saw the yellow card 3 times. In total, he added 920 minutes played with Auriazul.
Beltrán went through clubs such as Independiente de Campo Grande, Nacional, 12 de Octubre, Once Caldas, Cerro Porteño, EC Vitória from Brazil, Guaraní, Avaí from Brazil, Deportivo Santaní and Sportivo Luqueño.
In addition, he was champion of the Clausura 2009 tournament with Nacional, Apertura 2012 and 2015 with Cerro Porteño, as well as the Clausura 2013 (undefeated) with the Barrio Obrero Cyclone.
Guillermo Beltrán does not continue in #Luqueño @SomosVersusPY @ Universe970py
– Andrés Rolón (@ AndresRolon86) June 7, 2021
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