When it was assumed that the election of the 2030 World Cup organization would not be made official until the end of next year, FIFA, in a lightning decision and after a telematic meeting, surprised everyone and everyone by deciding that Spain's tripartite candidacy , Portugal and Morocco would host the event, but shared with Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, to commemorate the centenary of the first championship held in the Uruguayan country.
When it seemed that the scandalous behavior of Luis Rubiales could undermine the Ibero-Moroccan candidacy, Gianni Infantino, an expert in managing the behind-the-scenes of football as he already demonstrated in his skill in extracting the balls from the Champions League draws in his time general secretary of UEFA, justified the hasty decision by assuring that “a world so divided requires unity.” With this, for the first time the top international football competition will be spread across three continents, Europe, Africa and South America.
The initial forecast gives Uruguay the inaugural match to be played at the Centenario stadium, as happened in 1930, and at the same time it will share three more matches in the inaugural phase with the other two Conmebol countries. The rest of the competition will be hosted in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Initially, the forecast is that the host cities of our country will be Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao or San Sebastián and Málaga. Everything indicates that, as in 1982, the mega Bernabéu will be the venue for the final. While Barcelona's matches can be shared again between the new Camp Nou and the Cornellà-El Prat stadium, instead of the long-awaited Sarrià, which unexpectedly hosted the three best matches of the tournament in the second phase. The initial forecast was that Maradona's Argentina, recently signed by Barça, and Italy were going to play in the Barcelona stadium, which was left without said presence since both teams came second in the first round and went to the bombonera parakeet , where Brazil was waiting for them. While a semi-empty Camp Nou hosted Poland, Belgium and the USSR. There was a threat to exchange venues but Havelange, president of FIFA, advised by Porta, dismantled the strategy of Saporta, who chaired the organizing committee.
That was the best of that distant 82nd World Cup, along with a magnificent opening ceremony directed by Leopoldo Pomés, in contrast to the little enthusiasm aroused by the game of the Spanish team, directed by Santamaría, which would become the version of the moment of De la Fuente and the unattractive mascot Naranjito.
