Since FIFA and Wenger proposed the World Cup restructuring, the opposition from many parties has never subsided. On December 17th, local time, ESPN's name Dale Johnson broke the news that in order to counter the FIFA's restructuring plan, the 10 member states of the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) have planned to join the UEFA Europa League in 2024. This event, in order to put pressure on FIFA step by step.

On the day before the news was released, CONMEBOL and UEFA also signed an agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation in the football field for up to 6 years (until June 30, 2028). ) Of the Memorandum of Understanding, including the "jointly hosting of new events" is also regarded by the outside world as a measure taken by both parties to oppose the FIFA reform concept.

Johnson also quoted Zbigniew Bonek in the report saying that according to the initial assumptions of the two sides, all the UEFA Europa League matches will be held in Europe to avoid excessive fatigue due to the travel of the players; ranked in the top six in the world. The South American teams including Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru and Chile will join the Europa League A seeded team, and the remaining four teams-Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Venezuela will join the B seeded team, eventually making The European League’s A-level seed team has expanded to 22, and the B-level seed team has expanded to 20. In this way, the South American team will also get the conditions to compete with the strong teams of European countries such as Spain, Germany, England and France. Since UEFA replaced the international friendly with the UEFA Nations League, South American countries have missed the opportunity to compete with the European powers. chance.