Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), showed a resounding position of confrontation against Mauricio Macri, a leading promoter of the figure of Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD). in football, in the Ordinary General Assembly that he led during the afternoon at the Futsal stadium of the Lionel Andrés Messi Premises located in the town of Ezeiza.
In front of fifty representatives of the clubs of the different categories, from the first division, the only one who did not attend was workshops, of Córdoba (chaired by Andres Fassi), the main leader of Argentine football remarked: “For those who don’t know me, the unforgivable speaks”as a chicane against the qualification he received from the candidate for vice president of Boca Juniors.
“We are defenders of non-profit Civil Associations. I am more convinced than ever that this is the Argentine football that we all want, and that is why this is a finished issue. That is why we are not going to fight against something that does not exist”he highlighted.
“I congratulate you because on the pages of your clubs you have already spoken out against the SAD”he added Wall as a way of thanking his colleagues.
Continuing with the central theme of Sports Joint Stock Companies, and within an agenda that finally did not include the holding of a plebiscite, the head of AFA He stated that “the SAD has no legal existence or space within the statute.”
“As much as some see and want to show what we have as something better, if the clubs were not fulfilling the social function they fulfill, we would not be what we are”he highlighted.
Later, always in a tone of response to the public statements of Mauricio Macri, the president of the Argentine Football Association He stressed that “thanks to the work of the leaders, Argentine football is one of the best in the world. And with the national team in a privileged place worldwide.”
“I want to tell you that Argentine football is very good, rest assured, that we have gained something in these six years, and I want to emphasize that the income was all obtained from populist measures”Tapia launched without naming Macri.
“The tournaments are the most attractive, the most competitive. A very attractive League Cup final, everyone fights something, and in the Primera Nacional everything is also very competitive, just like in the minor categories. And there will even be a new Amateur League Federal for next year”complete.
And precisely within one of the points that were discussed and approved in the Ordinary Assembly was the result of the balance that marked a surplus of 2,776 million pesos.
On the other hand, on this day of the Assembly there was a minute of silence for the approach of a new anniversary of the death of Diego Armando Maradona (November 25 will mark three years), requested by Claudio Tapia himself.
On the issue of the violence suffered by Argentine fans in Brazil during last Tuesday’s qualifying match played at the Maracaná in Rio de Janeiro, Tapia assured that they demonstrated at the Conmebol Council. “We don’t like to play with the level of violence that occurred in Brazil. It happened with Independiente, River, Boca and Defensa y Justicia before. There are people who are still detained, hurt. You always find the same violence on the part of Brazilian security and we have talked about that today.”
Finally, in the speech of Claudio Tapia In front of the little more than fifty leaders, there was no space for a reference to the situation raised by Lionel Scaloni and his possible departure from the position of coach of the world champion Argentine National Team.
Tapia’s proposal
The president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio TapiaHe asked for “senators and deputies establish December 20” as the Argentine National Team Fan’s Dayin tribute to the popular mobilization that that day celebrated in the streets of the entire country the consecration in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, achieved two days before.
“It will be a form of gratitude to the world champion team led by coach Lionel Scaloni and Lionel Messi, who the Argentine people embraced in the streets in a celebration in blue and white with more than five million people, and which had an impact on all the planet“said “Chiqui” Tapia on the AFA grounds.
Source: Ambito
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