Stefano Di Carlo posed with Tapia and Riquelme after River-AFA split | OneFootball

There is less and less time left until a new edition of the Superclásico. River and Boca will face each other in the Apertura Tournament on Sunday starting at 5:00 p.m. at the Monumental, and this Friday the usual joint press conference organized by the Liga Profesional took place, where Gonzalo Montiel and Leandro Paredes spoke, but presidents Stefano Di Carlo, Juan Román Riquelme, and Claudio Tapia also had their say.

After the world champions with the Argentina national team answered questions from the press, Chiqui, the head of the Argentine Football Association, took the microphone and invited the two clubs’ top officials, who sat beside him and also shared their thoughts ahead of the match.

“I want to thank everyone present and the presidents. It is a historic, transcendental match like every Superclásico. From our side, we want to create the conditions and the best possible setting for it to take place in the best way possible, as we all want,” Di Carlo said.

“Happiness, because the Superclásico is unique, whether it’s at our home or theirs. We just want the people to enjoy it a lot. There will be good players on both sides. Hopefully we’ll be lucky enough to enjoy it a lot. It’s watched all over the world, which makes it the biggest derby in the world, and we hope it will be a celebration. It’s football—may the better team win, and may we all do our part,” Román later added.

The photo of River president Stefano Di Carlo with Claudio Tapia was not just any photo: it was the first time they had appeared together in public since River officially announced that it would no longer take part in AFA meetings.

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