Gijon pulls out of the World Cup and promotes Zaragoza to host it

Zaragoza has one less opponent to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Gijon dropped out of the competition., as Real Sporting said in a statement, because they failed to meet the requirements set by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The Aragonese capital did not expect any news about the candidates to appear, since all the documentation was still being collected there. With El Molinon gone, thirteen courses continue to compete in the race, although the presence of some of them in the competition is more than guaranteed.

It has been known for months that Santiago Bernabeu and Civitas Metropolitano are in Madrid; Camp Nou and the RCDE stadium in Barcelona, ​​San Mamés and Anoeta in the Basque Country, and La Cartuja stadium in Seville meet the requirements and are expected to be able to host World Cup matches. . Thus, they compete with La Romareda, Balaidos and Riazor (Galicia), Nuevo Mestalla (Valencia), Nueva Condomina (Murcia) and La Rosaleda (Malaga).

All the candidates, including the just eliminated Asturian, were there these days. completion of the documentation submission process, by which they undertake and certify that upon the arrival of the specified date, stadiums and cities will meet the requirements for hosting matches of these characteristics. In the case of the capital of Aragon, a new Romareda will be built which, among other things, will have more than 43,000 beds. However, on Tuesday the Gijon sports club said it had not been accounted for.

According to the statement, the news came out of a virtual meeting with the Federation, which also The Principality of Asturias and the city council were invited, but they did not attend. “Sporting confirms that the economic studies and financing plan have been completed in accordance with our commitments and regrets that they were not presented and discussed due to the absence of other parties,” the sports organization said.

The deadline for submitting documents ended last Friday and various candidates are now participating in video conferences with the Federation to check if everything is done correctly. Zaragoza will definitely have its own tomorrowin which it is confirmed that the official interlocutor, Urban Planning Councilor of the Zaragoza City Council Victor Serrano will take part.

However, it is not expected, as the adviser said, that any decision will be made at this meeting, but rather that in the absence of any document, a new period will be opened to correct errors. In principle, a final response from the Federation is expected. around the last week of June.

Aragano Football Federation President Manuel Torralba said that with Molinon’s elimination it would be very difficult for Zaragoza to fall out of the World Cup race. He is convinced that the capital of Aragon will see a “quantitative leap” in its football pitch, with construction starting in less than a month. “Without the stadium we were already in a very good position. We’re better nowWe are rising,” he said.