AFA rift: Huracán joins River, pulls out of exec meeting over Barracas | OneFootball

Abel Poza and David Garzón, the club’s president and vice president, were absent from the meeting following the controversial draw against Barracas Central.

Huracán did not take part in the Executive Committee meeting held today by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) after the second controversial refereeing performance suffered by El Globo against Barracas Central, in the scoreless draw at the Ducó on Matchday 12 of the Apertura Tournament.

Abel Poza, the institution’s president and an AFA board member, and David Garzón, vice president of the Parque Patricios club, were absent from the meeting. According to TyC Sports, the discontent began and grew due to alleged decisions against Diego Martínez’s team, and Facundo Tello’s calls against El Guapo were the final straw.

In the 35th minute of the second half, Lucas Blondel sent in a cross from the right and Damián Martínez, a Guapo defender, tried to head it and awkwardly handled the ball. However, Adrián Franklin, in charge of the VAR, did not call Tello over. In the post-match press conference, El Globo’s coach said it was handball and therefore a penalty, but the AFA shared the conversation between the two officials, who considered it a non-punishable handball.

awarded for minimal infractions, which left El Globo out of the Playoffs. After that chaotic afternoon, the leadership of the Parque Patricios club held a meeting with Claudio Tapia. However, nothing changed.

Huracán’s displeasure with the standard of refereeing began on the opening matchday against Banfield, when Thaiel Peralta was shown a straight red card by referee Bruno Amiconi, after a studs-up challenge to Tomás Adoryan’s chest ten minutes into the second half. On Matchday 4, Martínez’s side drew with El Decano in Tucumán: Leandro Díaz opened the scoring for the home side, while Jordy Caicedo equalized for the visitors; both goals came from the penalty spot.

On Matchday 6, César Ibáñez was sent off for two yellow cards: the first for an ill-advised but brief reaction and the second for a foul that did not exist.

El Globo fell 2-0 to Estudiantes de Río Cuarto on Matchday 7, in a match featuring a highly disputed play by those involved. Midfielder Leandro Lescano was booked in the 25th minute and seconds later committed a foul inside the box, in Maximiliano Macheroni’s view. However, VAR called him over to review the play and the referee ruled that the foul had occurred on the edge of the area, therefore overturning the penalty, but he showed him a second yellow card and left Martínez’s side with ten men on the field.

On Matchday 10, El Globo lost to River in a very eventful clash. After Sebastián Driussi’s opener, Caicedo equalized from the penalty spot, awarded for a slight tussle with Lucas Martínez Quarta. However, Millonario were given two penalties: the first, from a foul by Fabio Pereyra on Ian Subiabre, was missed by Juan Fernando Quintero; the second, awarded after a handball by Emmanuel Ojeda, was converted by Gonzalo Montiel. In the end, Lucas Carrizo and Facundo Colidio were sent off after an argument.

Huracán’s board’s protest comes at an opportune time, given that El Globo will face Olimpo on Sunday in the Copa Argentina. If they win, their next-round opponent will be Barracas Central.

Huracán is following River’s lead with this decision. At the beginning of March, Millonario announced that it would not take part in meetings of the Executive Committee of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), explaining: “Under the Executive Committee’s current operation, there are not the necessary procedural guarantees to ensure a clear and predictable decision-making process within that body.”

The first to take a stand against Argentine football’s governing body was Estudiantes, led by Juan Sebastián Verón. El Pincha expressed all of its differences when it backed Rosario Central. After the move, the president explained: “What was put up for consideration was not on the agenda. The meeting was called to discuss the new tournament and the current playoff regulations; the other matter was imposed on something that ended up being a championship that had already started. What was put up for consideration was making a recognition, which is very different from giving a star to a team.” Since then, their paths seem irreconcilable.

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