The VAR, the “everything happens” 2.0 and a question: are the referees more tapistas than Tapia?

Giulio Grondona did not use WhatsApp or pay attention to text messages. If she wanted, she answered the phone, which started with 4449. Those were the times of “everything happens”, that ring he wore on the little finger of his left hand. Permanently, she has received calls from the leaders. To ask him for money, why he ran the area, and to complain about the referees.

It has always been said that Arsenal were the Commissioner’s horse, but Outrageous failures such as those that pushed Barracas Central into the First Division were never observed and today they are the cover of newspapers, news channels and portals. This is the power team, where Claudio Tapia has built his space in football, supported by a strong godfather: his former father-in-law, Hugo Moyano. The one now led by his son Matías and of which Iván is the team captain.

In three years, Barracas Central has gone from playing in Primera B to facing River and Boca in the Professional League. All under the direction of Tapia, consecrated head of the AFA because of politics. Yes Chiqui he became president thanks to Daniel Angelici, former owner of Boca and Mauricio Macri’s man. And if he held his position when Alberto Fernández took office, it was simply because done the homework: loaned the property of Ezeiza as a field hospital for Covid patients; assigned the national team jerseys to those recovered from Covid-19 who donated plasma; delayed the return of football until 30 October 2020, when almost all the world championships had already resumed activity, in line with the government’s very long quarantine and, despite this, he needed Argentina to win the Copa América in so they won’t wear it from the Rosada.

In the end, it was an angel (Di María) who cast out the demons from Tapia. It was unfortunate to kick the Minister of Dance after such a title. If the Argentines were happy after 28 years without qualifications. Explicit populism, of course. But Chiqui survived. The complaints from Chicago and San Martín de Tucumán, which had questioned the virtual assembly where the elections were held, were dismissed and the IGJ dismissed the case. His figure, then, took on greater volume. And he is almost an influencer in social networks.