Estudiantes announce Juan Sebastián Verón cleared by CAS after AFA ban | OneFootball

One of the moments that went down in history during 2025 was the ‘guard of honor’ given by Estudiantes players to those of Rosario Central in the round of 16 of the Torneo Clausura, following the controversy that arose around the League Champion title awarded to Canalla. As a result of that incident, the AFA took strong measures against Pincha, one of which was suspending Juan Sebastián Verón, its president, from performing his duties as a club official. However, this Friday the CAS resolution arrived and “La Brujita” was once again cleared to resume his role.

The ruling by the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Argentine Football Association not only suspended all starting players from the La Plata team for two matches—already lifted by the amnesty—but the harshest penalty was for Verón, since they considered the decision to breach protocol was his. In fact, the club itself made this clear in its statement. “It is the president himself who acknowledges having given the order that led to the behavior,” the institution had communicated.

Thus, the Pincha executive was handed a sanction of “six months from all football-related activities” as a consequence of violating article 12 of the Disciplinary Code. The club’s initial reaction was to analyze the ruling and they decided to appeal the sanction to the CAS.

After just over a month, Estudiantes confirmed this Friday that “we have been notified of the CAS resolution, which grants the requested precautionary measure and allows our president, Juan Sebastián Verón, to fully resume his duties until the substantive issue, which has been appealed and is awaiting a resolution, is decided,” the club stated in an official release. “We await the final resolution of the case with optimism,” they concluded.

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