AFA panel rules on Estudiantes after tunnel row vs Rosario Central | OneFootball

In the past few hours, Argentine football experienced one of the most controversial moments of the 21st century, where the AFA awarded a title to Rosario Central for achieving the highest possible points in the Annual Table, even though there was no regulation that established this. At least until last Thursday, November 20.

During this weekend, Estudiantes defeated Canalla in the round of 16 of the Torneo Clausura, but the situation escalated beforehand because the AFA imposed that the team from La Plata had to perform the guard of honor to pay tribute to their opponent. The players complied with the order, but with discontent: when carrying it out, they turned their backs on their opponents.

This not only generated a huge controversy among spectators, journalists, and authorities, but also led Pablo Dóvalo, the referee of the match, to file a report on what happened. But at the beginning of the week, from the Disciplinary Tribunal, through Official Bulletin 6793 Bis, they sent a message to the Pincha: they have up to 48 hours to present a statement regarding what occurred.

“To notify the Club Estudiantes de La Plata, its Board of Directors, its President, and the team captain, Mr. Núñez Santiago Misael, for a period of FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, so that, under the terms of art. 38 and 49 inc. 9 of the AFA Disciplinary Code, they become aware of the investigated facts and formulate their defense and/or statement regarding the potential non-compliance with what is stipulated in the Official Bulletin of the Argentine Football Association published on February 12, 2025”, states the communiqué. Now, is there a problem coming for those led by Juan Sebastián Verón?

Ángel Di María referred to Estudiantes' attitude in the guard of honor

After the match (which Estudiantes de La Plata won 1-0 with a goal from Edwuin Cetré, resulting in the elimination of Rosario Central from the Torneo Clausura), Ángel Di María, regarding the attitude of the Pincha players in the guard of honor, commented: “That's their business, they did the guard of honor anyway. One of the guys told us what they were going to do and that was it”.

The communiqué from the Disciplinary Tribunal

The present proceedings initiated ex officio (art. 51° Inc. f) due to the behavior assumed by the Club Estudiantes de La Plata squad before the start of the match held on November 23, 2025, against Club Atlético Rosario Central, in relation to the tribute protocol provided in the resolutions of the Association and which have been published by Official Bulletin and

1°) NOTIFY the Club Estudiantes de La Plata, its Board of Directors, its President, and the team captain, Mr. Núñez Santiago Misael, for a period of FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, so that, under the terms of art. 38 and 49 inc. 9 of the AFA Disciplinary Code, they become aware of the investigated facts and formulate their defense and/or statement regarding the potential non-compliance with what is stipulated in the Official Bulletin of the Argentine Football Association published on February 12, 2025.

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