According to Spanish daily Marca, despite the federation crisis that has affected Spanish football in recent years, FIFA still “believes in Spain and in the final at the Bernabeu”. The sports daily reported on Wednesday that FIFA and Real Madrid have established contacts to ensure that the final, which is also being organised by Morocco, will be held at the Bernabeu.
Despite the scandals that have engulfed the Royal Spanish Football Federation, FIFA is still considering the possibility of staging the 2030 World Cup final at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, and Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, have an “excellent” relationship. “It should not be forgotten that the Madrid club is one of the founders of the highest institution in world football,” Marca added. However, nothing is certain yet. We cannot forget that a few days ago there was another chaos that could have deprived Spain of more than just the right to participate in the 2030 World Cup final.
The proposal by the Sports Administrative Court (TAD) to dismiss the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has put FIFA and UEFA on their guard. The two leading football organisations in the world and in Europe are closely monitoring the activities of the Pedro Sánchez administration at the RFEF. These problems, in addition to racism and refereeing, can affect anyone.
Currently, the RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation) has announced the following stadiums as World Cup venues, of which only 11 have been selected: Spotify Camp Nou (Barcelona), RCDE Stadium (Barcelona), San Mamés (Bilbao), Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid), Cívitas Metropolitano (Madrid), La Cartuja (Sevilla), Nou Mestalla (Valencia), Anoeta (San Sebastián), La Romareda (Zaragoza), Riazor (La Coruña), Balaídos (Vigo), La Rosaleda (Málaga) , Gran Canaria (Las Palmas), Nueva Condomina (Murcia), El Molinón (Gijón).
However, with the participation of Morocco in the bidding, it is likely that the number of stadiums in Spain will decrease, although there has been no official confirmation that this is the case.
It should be recalled that three matches will be played in South America: Asunción (Paraguay), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay), as a tribute to the centenary of the founding of the first World Cup held in Uruguay on the occasion of the swearing in of the Constitution.
According to Fernando Sanz, member of the 2030 World Cup organising committee: “I understand that they have this desire, just as we do. Morocco does not have the same weight as us. We have eleven venues, six in Morocco and three in Portugal. There are fifteen venues in thirteen cities, which are the ones that applied. If any of them don’t meet the requirements, they are out”.
FIFA has always made it clear that the World Cup project runs along the central axis: Spain. Despite the doubts generated by the institutional crises, football’s top organisation continues to have confidence in Spain and in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu, as it did for the 1982 World Cup.
The designation of the stadiums has been the most complicated point of negotiation. While Spain is defending its importance in football history, Morocco is building the largest capacity stadium, not only in Africa, but in the world, with a capacity of more than 115,000 spectators.
Despite speculation, one of the main “problems” FIFA will encounter in choosing the Bernabeu as its stadium is that Real Madrid will not be willing to give it up for so long; however, the relationship between Gianni Infantino and Florentino Perez is excellent and could be the key to finalising the details.
Holding the World Cup will cost Morocco more than 3.5 billion dollars. In addition to the economic investment involved in hosting the event, tourism is the other big winner.
The FIFA World Cup attracts crowds from all over the world, and the number of participants varies according to the host country and the popularity of the teams. World Cup host countries can welcome a large number of visitors, including foreign and local tourists.
The number of visitors can be very large: from hundreds of thousands to millions of people. Transport logistics and stadium capacity are likely to be key factors in determining how many visitors a country can welcome during the World Cup. The popularity of the teams and the rivalry between them can influence the number of visitors to a country during the World Cup.
According to figures from the Qatar Tourism Board, Qatar Airways and a macro-survey by the country’s largest travel agency, Expedia, more than 3.5 million tourists, 70% of whom were foreigners, visited the country during the event.
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