“When they win they don’t talk.” AFA Summit in Ezeiza: Chiqui Tapia’s request and the atrocious silence of the clubs

The call had an agenda, but the controversy of the last week surpassed the points of the call and The axis of the meeting aimed to rehearse an indoctrination before an audience that listened and in no passage raised their voice or demonstrated dissidence.. In the space in which Argentine soccer leaders should express nonconformity, the silence was atrocious.

Claudio Chiqui Tapiapresident of the AFA, summoned the representatives of the 28 institutions of the Professional League for a meeting of the Executive Committee at the Ezeiza property and after explaining about the quarterfinals of the League Cup, which has four remaining dates for the completion of the regular stage, and the economic and financial Fair Play required by FIFA with external audits for the clubs and the AFA, invited to banish high-sounding comments and public complaints about the performances of the referees and the development of the tournament. The media exchange between Carlos Tevez and Pablo Dóvalo, who intimated the technical director of Independiente with a document letter for the statements after the 2-2 draw between Independiente and Barracas Central, a week ago, on the Huracán field, the breaking point .

Claudio Chiqui Tapia at the head of the table before the 28 representatives of the Professional League clubs during the meeting of the AFA Executive Committee: the man from San Juan went from the topics on the agenda to the controversy over the referees’ rulingsAFA

The controversial arbitration rulings are not new, the credibility of some judges is weakened and the public in several stadiums made their claim felt with chants that point to Tapia, as the head of national soccer. The president of the AFA escapes public confrontation – that role is played on social networks by the treasurer and executive secretary of the Federal Council, Pablo Toviggino – although among peers he expands and rehearses calls for attention. Moderate public complaints so as not to incite violence at a sensitive moment in sport – with the four places in the League Cup at stake to qualify for the 4th finals -, political and social. In the monologue he requested that the guidelines of the message not remain within those four walls and that the leaders lower the order to the coaches and footballers.. Tapia observed as a contempt the complaints expressed by Mauricio Larriera (Newell’s) and Julio Vaccari (Defense), although the outbreak was generated by the weight of the figure of Tevez.

Claudio Chiqui Tapia pointed to the change in sanctions for members of the technical bodies who are expelled: financial fines are eliminated and the dates will be met effectivelyAFA

“When they win they don’t talk“They go out and ask for things when they lose,” he said. Chiqui Tapia, and without naming him, the main recipient was Apache and the Uruguayan Larriera, whose team had an overwhelming start to the tournament – four consecutive wins – and now has only one victory in the last six games. Discussions must be channeled internally as the only channel of communication, because “football must look for another profile”. The man from San Juan wants not to be associated with a crisis and the silence of those present only supported that request.

With the exception of Andrés Fassi, president of Talleres, other leaders who recently criticized the tournaments – Jorge Brito (River) and Juan Sebastián Verón ( Estudiantes) – sent representatives; with Víctor Blanco (Racing) and Francisco Duarte, CEO of the LFP, as sides at the head of the table, Tapia also pointed out that The penalty system will be modified for members of the technical teams who sign a form and are expelled. It will not be punished with the payment of a fine, but the dates will be met effectively.. A way to channel complaints.

The postponement of the meeting, which was scheduled for last February, was an ally for Tapia, who showed his strength and also the few voices he heard and the messages he received on social networks were from supporters of his policies, such as Marcelo Achile (Defensores from Belgrano) and Luciano Nakis (Armenio). The silence of the rest, a sign of fear and complicity.

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