Swine Flu Causes a Wave of Rumors About Copa Libertadores

The swine flu is having a clear impact in the Copa Libertadores. After Chivas and San Luis from Mexico qualified for the next round of the tournament, CONMEBOL announced that the two clubs could not play in Mexico. Bogota, in Colombia, was announced as the hosting town.

But the Colombian capital declined to receive the two sides. The sub-secretary of Health from the city said, “Our decision was taken from WHO the recommendation.We don’t want to receive matches because we reached the level 5 of the pandemic. The WHO says we can’t do events with more than 40 people when the country of origin is involved”.

Santiago was the next choice. The”no” came very fast. Paraguay and Venezuela remain as candidates.

In Brazil, other rumors were spread as Sao Paulo, Chiva’s opponent, does not know what to do yet. Some of the rumors said that Chivas may have to play the two legs in Brazil. Other rumors say CONMEBOL will change the bracket and force Chivas and San Luis play against each other in Mexico.

Update: CONMEBOL just announced the matches involving the Mexican clubs have been postponed in 1 week. The first leg will take place only on the 13th. On Monday, the new dates and locations will be defined.

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