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·26 settembre 2025
Poor advice? Who represents Imanol Machuca and Facundo Garcés

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·26 settembre 2025
At midday this Friday, it was revealed that FIFA sanctioned Imanol Machuca and Facundo Garcés for document forgery in their incorporation into the Malaysian National Team along with other players. Both were penalized with a one-year ban from all football activities.
The defender from Santa Fe and the attacking midfielder are represented by Agustín Giménez, who, it is said, may have strongly influenced this decision and the actions of both footballers.
KARMA
Is it karma? Both Facundo Garcés and Juan Manolooo Machuca had contentious departures from Colón and Unión, the clubs that nurtured them until they made the leap to professionalism.
In any case, the situations were different since Machuca brought significant income to Unión, while Garcés, who was a champion with Colón in 2021, left for Alavés on a free transfer without the club that developed him receiving a single cent. Even Club El Quillá (Facundo's first club) was waiting for some income from his transfer, which has yet to materialize.
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