Chiqui Tapia to Tebas: We’re world champs, won’t accept criticism | OneFootball

The president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, criticized the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, for the Spaniard's criticisms of the national tournament.

"What can we expect now, if you already criticized even the Club World Cup? We are the League of World Champions and we do not accept disqualifications from those who should promote respect between institutions," Tapia wrote on his X account.

In a conference, Tebas had praised Argentine football and expressed a desire to "have the passport" but added "despite what it is suffering," in a clear criticism of Tapia's management: "If I could have a second passport, it would be Argentine, I feel very connected to this country, therefore I follow its football a lot and suffer for how it is."

On social media, Tapia responded that AFA is committed to having "popular" football: "Our tournament is not a league for the few: it is popular, competitive, and formative. Underestimating it is to ignore our history and the contribution we make to world football."

And he added, to stir up controversy, since he hadn't named anyone in the X thread: "And to be clear, there's no need to 'nationalize.' An Argentine is born wherever they want, Javier Tebas."

However, a few minutes after drafting the messages against the president of LaLiga, Tapia decided to delete the posts from his personal account.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.