One of the important parts for the return of football in South America is the refereeing team made up of a total of 83 referees and assistant referees, scattered throughout the countries of the continent, ready to referee the next 64 games that will return starting on 15 September 2020. The work of the referees did not stop during the suspension of the tournaments due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while they were training through a platform acquired by CONMEBOL that allowed monitoring and guidance both physically and technically.
A week before the return of CONMEBOL Libertadores, the referees are already at each of their headquarters, in teams ranging from four to nine people, made up of referees, assistant referees, fourth officials and referee assessors. This could be done due to the teamwork of different areas of CONMEBOL and its Member Associations, Consulates and other organizations, complying with all sanitary and international measures. As for training, the referees and their assistants are in the adjustment phase, being able to get ready due to the fact that they continued with their routines mostly within their homes, adapting to the restrictions of their countries. But how will they continue with their training while observing the quarantine in hotels? They adapt according to the conditions, in some cases
they use the rooms, corridors or gyms of the place where they are staying. Once they comply with the isolation rules, the referees will have the possibility of carrying out more specific training sessions on soccer fields, as the matches to which they are going to be assigned approach.
