Just over two weeks before the superclásico, Jorge Amor Ameal, president of Boca, and Jorge Brito, his peer at River, passed through TNT Sports, in celebrations for their fifth anniversary, and have joined their voices to criticize the format of the 30-team tournament they intend to promote in Argentina, initiative promoted by the president of the AFA Claudio Chiqui Tapia.

“We don’t like this La Liga format and, above all, people don’t like it. It’s hard for us to play home and away games, and when you look at all the leagues in the world, you find they have 20 teams. Which affects the product and, consequently, income ”, began Brito.

For his part, Ameal added: “We do not agree at all with this type of championship. 20 or 22 teams are needed, also to enhance Argentine football. TV represents only 4% of our budget. This needs to be resolved within the AFA. “

Furthermore, both leaders referred to the possibility of having visiting fans. “It should be a local option. Beyond the fact that it does not suit Boca and River, for the smaller clubs it is important ”. Brito fired and Ameal added: “Obviously having a visiting audience gives football a different color, but we have to see what happened. We, thanks to our partners, managed to survive the pandemic, therefore Talking about the two audiences today is impossible, beyond what I like “.

Other quotes from Brito

“You don’t convince Marcelo (Gallardo) to stay for what he was, but you do it with what he will do. You can’t live in the past, you have to enjoy it, but you have to look forward ”.

“We knew it was going to be a difficult year for the number of new players we had, but both Enzo Francescoli and Marcelo Gallardo give us a lot of peace of mind.”

“Marcello is a person of convictions. He is convinced of an idea and works on it, but when it doesn’t work he has no problem changing. He is so objective that, at times, in the analysis of the matches he is tougher than us in the analysis of the matches ”.

“In a club like River, the objectives are many: in football you are always forced to compete in everything you play, but at the managerial level we have more than 50 recreational sports, the educational part and the remodeling of the stadium, which is the most important of the last 40 years.

“We will add another 11,000 seats, which will make River’s stadium one of the largest in the world.”

More quotes from Ameal

“Roman’s day is very intense, with a lot of work. He has a lot of experience, he does the club very well. Obviously, everything afterwards depends on the results: since we have been here, 6 championships have been played and we have won 4. I don’t know why there is so much vehemence on the part of journalism with Boca. “

When we sell a player, we reinvest in the club. We have an obligation to manage the club well ”.

“It is a lie that the leader puts aside passion, when you win you are one way and when you lose in another”.