The Argentine Football Association and the Liga Profesional accepted the new measures from National President Alberto Fernández, who decided to suspend local football until May 30 because of the number of deaths that continues to rise due to Covid. Even though there’s been no official talk regarding the Copa America being played in Argentina in less than a month, the tournament would be played, for now.

This decision will freeze the semifinals of the Copa de la Liga, with matches supposed to be played this weekend, in addition to all the other local divisions and the youth categories. Independiente was going to face Colon this Saturday, and Boca Juniors would have played against Racing Club this Sunday. However, international competitions such as the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana would be played normally, even those games played on Argentine soil.

Latin America is going through an extremely difficult time. Social and economic problems have become worse in most of the countries due to the Pandemic and political decisions. It is definitely not the best context for a Copa America to be held, but the desire of the fans is still there.

Paris Saint Germain, coached by Mauricio Pochettino, defeated Monaco 2-0 and reached its 6th French Cup in 7 years. Mauro Icardi opened the scoring as Leandro Paredes and Angel Di María were starters.

Angel Di Maria won his 19th title with PSG while Leandro Paredes reached trophy number 7, Mauro Icardi his 5th, and Mauricio Pochettino his second. These four Argentines are partof the most winning team in France of the last decade.

Next Sunday, they will have the tough but possible task of winning the Ligue 1. With just one game remaining, the Parisians are in second place, one point below the leaders Lille.

Of the three Argentine players, two of them have been included in the Argentina squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers. Mauro Icardi is the odd man out.