"There is a lot of people in soccer that are favorable to a return because unemployment is knocking on clubs’ doors too. Footballers, if infected with the virus, have a small chance of dying. That's because of their physical state, because they are athletes. [...] The decision to restart soccer is not mine, but we can help."
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Jair Bolsonaro, on restart the Brazilian football leagues, during an interview with Rádio Guaíba, 3 May 2020. As quoted Brazil’s president wants soccer to return amid pandemic (April 30, 2020) by Mauricio Savarese, , and in Brazil's President Is Out With Another Super-Bad Coronavirus Take: Soccer Players Can't Die From It by Tim Hume, 3 May 2020, Vice
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