AFA tribunal rules on Estudiantes after tunnel row with Rosario Central | OneFootball

Throughout the last few hours, Argentine football experienced one of the most controversial moments of the 21st century, where the AFA awarded a title to Rosario Central for achieving the highest possible points in the Annual Table, despite there being no regulation that established this. At least until Thursday, November 20th.

During this weekend, Estudiantes defeated the Canalla in the round of 16 of the Torneo Clausura, but beforehand the situation escalated because the AFA imposed that the team from La Plata had to perform the guard of honor to pay tribute to their rival. The players complied with the order, but in disagreement: when carrying it out, they turned their backs on their opponents.

This not only generated enormous controversy among spectators, journalists, and authorities, but also led Pablo Dóvalo, the referee of the match, to file a report on what happened. But at the start of the week, from the Disciplinary Tribunal, through Official Bulletin 6793 Bis, they sent a message to the Pincha: they have up to 48 hours to present a statement regarding the incident.

“To notify the Club Estudiantes de La Plata, its Board of Directors, its President, and the team captain, Mr. Núñez Santiago Misael, for a period of FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, so that, under the terms of articles 38 and 49 inc. 9 of the AFA Disciplinary Code, they take note of the investigated facts and formulate their defense and/or statement regarding the potential non-compliance with the provisions in the Official Bulletin of the Argentine Football Association published on February 12, 2025”, states the communiqué. Now, is there a problem coming for those led by Juan Sebastián Verón?

Ángel Di María referred to the attitude of Estudiantes in the guard of honor

After the match (which Estudiantes de La Plata won 1-0 with a goal from Edwuin Cetré, a result that led to the elimination of Rosario Central from the Torneo Clausura), Ángel Di María, regarding the attitude of the Pincha players in the guard of honor, commented: “That's their business, they did the guard of honor anyway. One of the guys told us what they were going to do and it stayed there”.

The communiqué from the Disciplinary Tribunal

The present actions initiated ex officio (art. 51° Inc. f) due to the behavior assumed by the Club Estudiantes de La Plata's squad before the start of the match held on November 23, 2025, against Club Atlético Rosario Central, in relation to the tribute protocol provided in the resolutions of the Association and which have been published by Official Bulletin and

1°) NOTIFY the Club Estudiantes de La Plata, its Board of Directors, its President, and the team captain, Mr. Núñez Santiago Misael, for a period of FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, so that, under the terms of articles 38 and 49 inc. 9 of the AFA Disciplinary Code, they take note of the investigated facts and formulate their defense and/or statement regarding the potential non-compliance with the provisions in the Official Bulletin of the Argentine Football Association published on February 12, 2025.

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