This Thursday, Palestinian explained the reasons why he will not be local in Santiago to face Cuiabá of Brazilfor the Copa Sudamericana 2024 playoffs. In this instance, the Chilean team will exercise its home base in the Ester Roa Rebolledo Stadium in Concepción.
Through an official statement, the “Arabs” indicated that to compete in this phase “The governing body requires that stadiums have a minimum capacity for 20 thousand people. Considering this restriction, and added to all the regulations and demands of Conmebol, the only three venues in our country that emerged as a viable option were: David Arellano Monumental Stadium, Julio Martínez National Stadium and Ester Roa Rebolledo Stadium.”
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“The drastic measure of moving our location to the Biobío Region is due to the fact that the “Two other options that were being considered to host this duel were ruled out, since the only one available for the requested date was Concepción”clarified the tricolor cast regarding the impossibility of using the Monumental or the Nacional for said match.
“We regret to make this known, and in turn we apologize to all our fans, sympathizers and lovers of national and international football for the inconveniences that the change of location entails.“But we reiterate that this was done in order to comply with the demands of this important phase of the Copa Sudamericana,” the club added.
The first leg between Palestino and Cuiabá will be played on Thursday, July 18 at in Concepción, while the rematch will take place on Thursday, July 25 in Brazil.
