Summit at the AFA after the Barracas Central – Independiente scandal: what Chiqui Tapia will talk about with the leaders of the Professional League

“No idea. “These are regular meetings.” This, just in case and by quickly opening the airbags, was the first response of the Argentine football managers, interviewed in the last few hours by Clarion to know what the agenda of the meeting topics would be that the president of Argentine Football Federation, Claudio Tapiacalled urgently on Monday at 11am at the Lionel Andrés Messi facility in Ezeiza. Hermeticism is fantasticbut it is obvious that the appeal responds to the dish discovered after last Tuesday following the scandalous arbitration of Pablo Dovalo in the 2-2 in the middle Central Barracks AND Independentfor the ninth appointment of Professional League Cup.

That initial brief “I have no idea, these are regular meetings”, however, has given way to some slightly juicier responses from those running some Professional League clubs. Chiqui Tapia did not like the noisy exchanges on social media, with serious accusations – which if true should be formalized in judicial complaints – with Carlos Tevez and Pablo Toviggino, his lieutenant, in the front row.

Especially because the former son-in-law of Hugo Moyano one can understand that behind the words of the technical director of the Independent the figure of appears again Maurizio Macriwho could not return to Boca – he lost the elections last year, but has the desire to get closer to vernacular football -, and the progress to allow the entry of joint-stock companies into Argentine football which has the approval of the government of Javier Milei.

The fact is that the head of the AFA understands that all this dirt that has appeared from under the carpets could undermine his leadership, which is supported by the sporting – but also commercial – success of the Argentine national team which has Lionel Messi as its standard bearer and, in turn, super questioned by the organizational blunders that begin with the 28-team First Division megatournament – not to mention the promotion categories – and which end with suspicious refereeing, including VAR.

So, even if it is true that the call already existed, a seminar organized by Unionized Argentine footballers-, Tapia wants the presidents or vice presidents of the 28 clubs of the Professional League are present at the Futsal Coliseum in Ezeiza campus to show “an image of unity and so “lower the waters”. The idea is to apply, for the umpteenth time, the “everything passes” formula patented by him Giulio Humberto Grondona to sustain, without major turbulence, his three and a half decades of management at the football venue.

It is not known whether there will be a formal statement on what is happening under the roof of the gym – it is very likely not – but a photo will certainly circulate with the greatest number of people on the plane, as happened before the date of the classics where the referees themselves, now the subject of criticism.

As, Tapia will try to ensure that the ruling troops, as is happening, remain aligned Beyond the fact that more and more voices are being raised due to referee rulings and VAR intervention.

Argentine Cup: Tigre and Chacarita will complete the suspended match

Everything happens. The phrase immortalized by the late president of the AFA, Julio Humberto Grondona, serves to illustrate the decision taken by the Disciplinary Court regarding the Argentine Cup match between Tigre and Chacarita, suspended for an attack on a Funebrero player with a bottle from the stands The match will resume – on a date and place to be defined – in the remaining 39 minutes and with the ‘Matador’ leading 1 to 0. As Clarín, the Disciplinary Court, was able to confirm in a sentence published in At the end of this edition , it was also established that the match will be played behind closed doors and a fine – seven dates with 500 tickets – for the Victoria club, whose fans attacked Fernando Brandán, which led to the suspension of the match for the round of 32.

RIquelme is not joking: “Today’s football is a disaster”

After Boca’s defeat against Unión in Santa Fe, Juan Román Riquelme spoke to TyC Sports. The club president came out in support of coach Diego Martínez, warning however that “when you play badly there is a good chance that what happened yesterday (Wednesday) will happen”. Be careful, he also targeted the Argentine football club. “Playing nine games in 40 days is too much,” he warned, leaving his opinion on VAR and refereeing: “They would always give me a foul at VAR due to an arm problem. Today’s football is a disaster, before we played more like in neighborhood and that made it fun.” And he concluded with a mea culpa: “We all have to help: us, the coaches, the players who drive the referees crazy.”