It is this Tuesday, November 11 or Wednesday at the latest, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will make its final decision on the organization of the next African Nations Coup, including Morocco, host country demands more than ever, the report because of the risks related to Ebola virus. Several solutions have been proposed ...
The verdict is imminent. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will decide and decide to hold or not to the African Cup of Nations (January 17-February 8). Competition for which Morocco, the host country, reiterated its request for postponement filed on 10 October following the spread of the Ebola virus and the risk of epidemic related. Yet without success to influence the governing body which, by the voice of Constant Omari, a member of the Executive Committee of the organization, which must make its decision this Tuesday, November 11, yet said Sunday broadcast on RFI: "What is absolutely certain as of today is that it does not matter to postpone the competition." Address the health threat wielded by the Moroccan government, it is the financial argument opposes the CAF.
This is the very survival of the Confederation of African Football
The verdict is imminent. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will decide and decide to hold or not to the African Cup of Nations (January 17-February 8). Competition for which Morocco, the host country, reiterated its request for postponement filed on 10 October following the spread of the Ebola virus and the risk of epidemic related. Yet without success to influence the governing body which, by the voice of Constant Omari, a member of the Executive Committee of the organization, which must make its decision this Tuesday, November 11, yet said Sunday broadcast on RFI: "What is absolutely certain as of today is that it does not matter to postpone the competition." Address the health threat wielded by the Moroccan government, it is the financial argument opposes the CAF.
This is the very survival of the Confederation of African Football
Constant Omari (Member of the Executive Committee of the organization)
"On the sports, marketing and financial, on the same plane of existence of CAF, we have developed a sufficient argument to justify this competition has never been postponed since 1957. This is the very survival of . the Confederation of African Football (...) Imagine for a moment that we defer this competition: what are the financial consequences for the CAF and the collateral effects on its trading partners or vis-à-vis the international calendar, "and asks Constant Omari. CAN will therefore take place, but it is a solution of folds that it is now promoting.
Plan B that have already refused to take South Africa, Ghana or Egypt. In contrast, Nigeria, another giant of Africa, and also the title holder, appears best able to make thanks to its infrastructure and stadiums -the Super Eagles will host Brazil on March 29 in a brand-new enclosure 30,000 places in Uyo, south-east of the country- over from Morocco, despite the risks related to security with the presence in the north of the terrorist group Boko Haram. Angola also figure in solution, although the 2010 edition, whose country was responsible, did not leave good memories ... Finally, there is the possibility of co-hosting a formula only twice in the past (*) and that would not favor the CAF. However, the "tickets" are emerging, involving Gabon to Cameroon and Angola. Unless Algeria and Tunisia in common cause and allow the Maghreb to keep the hand.
(*) Ghana and Nigeria in 2000; Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in 2012.
Plan B that have already refused to take South Africa, Ghana or Egypt. In contrast, Nigeria, another giant of Africa, and also the title holder, appears best able to make thanks to its infrastructure and stadiums -the Super Eagles will host Brazil on March 29 in a brand-new enclosure 30,000 places in Uyo, south-east of the country- over from Morocco, despite the risks related to security with the presence in the north of the terrorist group Boko Haram. Angola also figure in solution, although the 2010 edition, whose country was responsible, did not leave good memories ... Finally, there is the possibility of co-hosting a formula only twice in the past (*) and that would not favor the CAF. However, the "tickets" are emerging, involving Gabon to Cameroon and Angola. Unless Algeria and Tunisia in common cause and allow the Maghreb to keep the hand.
(*) Ghana and Nigeria in 2000; Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in 2012.
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