Strong backing for Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia from FIFA and CONMEBOL | OneFootball

On the eve of the Libertadores Cup final, CONMEBOL organized an ‘express’ Congress and Council to discuss, among other topics, the end of the calendar year and the planning for the upcoming year, which will be World Cup year.

During the Congress, the South American Confederation and by extension FIFA, expressed their support for Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia, president of the AFA, amidst a turbulent atmosphere in Argentina, due to the PasilloGate and the subsequent conflicts with the National Government.

Tapia, like the rest of the presidents of the member Federations, was present at the JW Marriott Lima and received the support of Alejandro Domínguez and Gianni Infantino, while his positions in FIFA were unanimously ratified: one of the 37 members of the Executive Council (and one of the four representatives from South America), President of the Rules of the Game Commission of the parent entity, and Vice President of Conmebol.

It is worth noting that ‘Chiqui’ Tapia is one of the vice presidents of CONMEBOL, a member of the FIFA Council again since March and President of the Rules of the Game Commission, a position he was appointed to in the past Executive Committee of the International Federation.

This also occurs amidst harassment on social media and public demonstrations by the National Government. In recent hours, as a result, Argentine football leaders reiterated their support for the leadership of the parent house and its president with statements and words at the Alumni awards ceremony.

As a result of this international support for Tapia in Lima from both Conmebol and FIFA, Javier Milei decided to cancel his trip to Washington on December 5th for the World Cup Draw where he had been invited by Donald Trump.

Topics to be addressed at the CONMEBOL Council

The Council meeting in Lima will focus on two main topics: the first will be to continue debating the format of the Qualifiers for the 2030 World Cup, which already has Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay qualified as hosts of that World Cup.

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