The Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) has set August 9 because the date for the resumption of the nationwide championship, drawing opposition from regional authorities within the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. It mentioned on Monday the 20-team second division would resume the day earlier than. Just one state championship, in Rio de Janeiro, has to date resumed, and that has been beset by controversy because the variety of deaths in Brazil is the second-highest on the planet, having handed 65,000.
The governor of Sao Paulo, Joao Doria, instructed a press convention on Monday that groups from the state wouldn’t take part within the nationwide event till they’ve completed their regional championship, which has been frozen, with three rounds to play, since mid-March as a result of pandemic.
“Relating to the CBF’s determination to renew on (August) 9, the federal government of the state of Sao Paulo was not consulted beforehand,” Doria mentioned.
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The CBF responded with an announcement on its web site saying that 19 of the 20 golf equipment, together with all these from Sao Paulo, had voted to play and that the Sao Paulo golf equipment had “reaffirmed their place involved with the CBF” on Monday. It mentioned groups would play residence video games exterior their states if vital.
The Paulista championship is Brazil’s most essential state league, comprising 5 groups — Bragantino, Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and Sao Paulo — within the nationwide first division and 4 within the second tier.
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