River deny AFA’s claim on Rosario Central’s title, back Estudiantes instead | OneFootball

The crowning of Rosario Central as the 2025 League Champion continues to stir controversy. Less than a week after the surprising announcement of the star for the Canalla, River has now emerged, not only confirming that there was no vote, but also that the meeting was not even held by the AFA Executive Committee.

Last Tuesday, River's Board of Directors held a meeting where several topics were discussed. There, Ignacio Villarroel, the club's 2nd vice president and River's representative in the Argentine Football Association, clarified what happened in the Puerto Madero offices.

"The information is incorrect. It wasn't even a meeting of the AFA Executive Committee. The decision about that championship, which is solely an attribution of the AFA Executive Committee, is wrong because it was a meeting of the Professional League, which is a body within AFA, but it is not the Executive Committee," the official began to clarify.

Villarroel emphasized that "the formality of the meeting did not have the rigidity that the AFA Executive Committee generally has, where there is an agenda" and that "it was an informational meeting on how the 2026 calendar was laid out."

"At the end of the meeting, without putting it to consideration, it was mentioned or informed to the table where the club presidents and vice presidents were that a recognition was going to be made to Rosario Central for having led the annual points table. After that, it turned into, without any expression of will, consent, or vote, the awarding of the cup to Central," assured the vice president.

In this way, River denies the AFA's announcement, which claimed that the decision to crown the Canalla was the result of a unanimous resolution by the LPF Executive Committee. Villarroel was at the AFA offices the day Angel Di María and company received the trophy.

River joined Estudiantes' version

Villarroel's statement aligns with the communiqué issued by Estudiantes de La Plata minutes after Rosario Central's crowning, where it was reported that "no vote was held regarding the recognition of the 2025 League Champion title."

Until now, the Pincha had been the only club to officially speak out against the title for Ariel Holan's team. In fact, their players turned their backs during the guard of honor for the champion at the Gigante de Arroyito.

River does not rule out claiming the 2021 and 2023 titles

During River's Board of Directors meeting, Stéfano Di Carlo also spoke about the possibility of claiming two stars for having led the annual table in 2021 and 2023. "It is a topic under evaluation and we will inform about it in due course," assured the new president of the Millonario.

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