Qatar 2022: "The time has come for disagreements and fights to take a back seat" (CONMEBOL)

"The time has come for disagreements and fights to take a back seat, let the games begin for all citizens enjoy an all-embracing celebration, so eagerly awaited by our planet," declared CONMEBOL on 07/11/2022, 13 days before the opening match of the 2022 World Cup (Qatar - Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor, Sunday 20/11/2022, kick-off at 17:00 CET).

"CONMEBOL and its ten member associations calls on the football world to support the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Qatar is eager to display its hospitality and warmth, impressive sports venues with 32 teams prepared and with exceptional talents, thus ensuring a tournament that will remain in history, without a doubt," said the South American Football Confederation.

"Please do not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists," wrote Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, in a letter addressed to the 32 teams qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which the English channel Sky Sports said it had consulted on 04/11/2022.

"We believe in the power of football to make further positive and credible…