Copa America 2021: Brazil Players Criticizes the Decision to Host the Tournament
Brazil's football players have criticized the Copa America 2021 organizers' decision to hold the Copa America in their country.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
South American Football Confederation Conmebol moved the tournament from Argentina on 1st June to Brazil since the co-hosts Colombia had already been dropped amid civil unrest there.
“For different reasons, be they humanitarian or professional, we are not satisfied with the way the Copa America has been handled by Conmebol," the players said.
The statement posted on the players' personal social media handles, appeared soon after the team won against Paraguay 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Asuncion for the first time they had won in the country since 1985.
Brazil has recorded more than 475,000 deaths from the pandemic making it the second-highest number in the world after the US.
However, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has defended the decision to allow Copa America 2021 to go ahead in his country, insisting it did not pose a health risk.
Argentina was stripped of the hosting of the tournament just two weeks before the start on 13th June, with organizers citing Covid-19 and the "present circumstances".
