Minister Maldonado: Everything ready for the start of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Venezuela 2024 (+press conference)
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Published at: 17/01/2024 03:10 PM
During a press conference, from
the Brígido Iriarte National Olympic Stadium, located in El Paraíso, Caracas, the Sectorial Vice President for Social and Territorial Socialism,
Mervin Maldonado, assured that everything is ready for the start of the CONMEBOL Tournament. Venezuela 2024 Olympic Qualifying Championship.
“The organization of this tournament fills
us with great pride, with great emotion, because we continue to demonstrate the
capacity of our country to hold large international sporting events,” said Maldonado.
He also thanked the Venezuelan Football
Federation (FVF) and the 15 ministries that, led by
President Nicolás Maduro and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, carried out
all the tasks in record time to ensure that everything was in accordance with CONMEBOL regulations.
Maldonado, reported that more than
4000 police and military personnel will be guarding and guarding the entire event.
In addition, the entire hotel network
will be available, for the accommodation of all the people who will attend the tournament.
“This event also highlights the benefits of our
nation, boosts tourism and the economy, which is why we are very happy.”
The Minister of
Popular Power for Youth and Sports, also announced that there will be a special transfer route
from the Zona Rental and La Paz stations to the Brígido Iriarte stadium.
For his part, Jorge Giménez, president
of FVF, said that the Olympic Qualifying Championship “fills us with great enthusiasm and satisfaction, because it demonstrates the growth that football has had in Venezuela.”
“The completion of the Olympic Qualifying
Championship helped to continue the recovery of infrastructure, where not only
can the national team come to life, but also some of the teams that live in
Caracas,” he added.
Giménez invited young people, children, to come to these spaces, “to get involved and live what is the passion of Vinotinto and the passion of football”.
This first date of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Games will have the duels between Ecuador and Colombia starting at 4:00pm and Venezuela vs Bolivia at 7:00pm, both of which will be on January 20 at the Brígido Iriarte stadium.
At Misael Delgado in Valencia, the opening day will be January 21 and will be led by Peru against Chile at 4:00pm, then Argentina and Paraguay meet and at 7:00 pm.
Also present at the press conference were
María Soto, president of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee; Ninoska Clocier, president of the National Sports Institute and
Nahúm Fernández, head of government of Caracas.