📼Verón, Riquelme, Agüero... The video that catches the AFA offside | OneFootball

Without a doubt, Claudio Tapia's AFA has gone through a week full of criticism. The trophy awarded yesterday to Rosario Central was the last straw, adding to accusations about refereeing and the "low level of football," as claimed by the harshest critics.

On top of that, there are the criticisms from Javier Tebas, head of La Liga in Spain, who cannot believe how a country can have a national team that is a leader, yet a domestic league so far from the level of European clubs.

Now, yesterday, a video went viral again showing what Argentine football was like in the 2000s, with incredible stars. Riquelme, Palermo, Gago, and Ever Banega at Boca. River’s multi-champions at the local level. Kun Agüero at Independiente. Verón and Calderón at Estudiantes. Simeone and Maxi Moralez at Racing. Pocho Lavezzi and Cuqui Silvera at San Lorenzo, Kily González and Chacho Coudet at Central. Just to name a few examples of the quality those squads had.

On the other hand, it wasn’t just a matter of football quality. Between the 90s and the 2000s, Argentina had three world champion teams. Boca twice (2000 and 2003) and Vélez in 1994. And beyond that, there were several teams like Argentinos Juniors and River that competed at the highest level in the Intercontinental Cup.

Do you think Argentine football has declined in the last 15 years? Or do you think the criticism is excessive?

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