Bye, Bye, Bye
By: Andrea | May 8th, 2009
Chivas is out. San Luis is too. The two Mexican teams that advanced to the next round of the Copa Libertadores have removed themselves from the competition after Sao Paulo of Brazil(Chivas’ opponent) and Nacional refused to play in Mexico because of the H1N1 flu.
Several options were given such as playing behind closed doors, but those were refused.
Chivas was also offered two fields, one in Brazil by Coritiba, and the other by Sociedad Deportiva Aucas in Ecuador. However, owner Jorge Vergara refused because he wanted Chivas to be at the Jalisco.
Yesterday, CONMEBOL approved the games to be played in Mexico, but both Sao Paulo and Nacional have refused to travel to Mexico, and the Mexican teams have dropped out.
“Even though the World Health Organization has given their approval playing with a filled stadium, we find that the teams of Nacional of Montevideo, and Sao Paulo of Brazil have no such approval. We personally made calls to their boards, and federations as well as the Presidents of the clubs to guarantee their arrivals, to make it easier for them; security at the airport and hotels. Unfortunately, both clubs in question don’t want to come to Mexico. By these means we wish to let the CONMEBOL know that we are removing ourselves from the competition,” said FMF president Justin Compean.
For once, FMF is supporting the clubs in their decision.
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I feel really bad for the guys. It sucks to work hard on the tourney just to have to give it up like that.
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It does. It really does.
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