Chiqui Tapia’s final swipe at Spain over Finalissima suspension | OneFootball

Shortly before it was announced that Mauritania's national team would be Argentina's first opponent in the FIFA Date in March, next Friday the 27th at La Bombonera, Claudio Tapia took to his social media to make a final statement about the suspended Finalissima against Spain.

"We are world champions, two-time champions of America, and champions of the Finalissima. There was no difference in going to Barcelona or Italy on the 31st. Let's be serious," wrote the AFA president from his X account, very likely in response to the statements made hours earlier by the Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente.

Tapia had already been part of a jab at UEFA and the Spanish national team shared with Alejandro Domínguez, president of CONMEBOL with whom he maintains a great relationship. "If we apply walkover, you are two-time champions of the Finalissima. Believe it, the neighbor's grass isn't that green. We are two-time champions of the Finalissima, they didn't show up," were the words expressed by the top executive from Luque, on the occasion of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana draw.

Picking up the gauntlet, Luis de la Fuente had distanced Spain from any responsibility in the suspension of the Finalissima. "We wanted to play; in Doha, in Buenos Aires, in Miami, wherever they told us. We were crazy to play it, I want that to be clear. You all heard me from the first moment the arrangement came out, my intention was to play it. For many reasons, to play a final, to win a title, to play against Argentina. I don't think anyone doubts my stance," were his words at the press conference.

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