They pull on one side, they respond on the other. After it was announced on Monday that Andres Fassipresident of Workshopsasked before the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ) the suspension of the Extraordinary Assembly of AFA (for October 17) to re-elect Chiqui Tapia as president, since AFA They did not remain silent: the treasurer Pablo Toviggino He dedicated a spicy message to him on Twitter. And now, the response came from Córdoba.
President Fassi wrote a public letter addressed to Tapia and Toviggino but also to other leaders such as Federico Beligoyby the referees, and Fernando Meanshighest authority of the Disciplinary Court, to raise his “concern” about the statements of the AFA treasurer and point out the arbitration damages that, according to him, the Córdoba institution has been a victim.
“I present to you a fight agreed upon in two rounds. “Let’s say” amateur type. “I mean” we already saw this movie, hide it!! The intellectual author (M) is very evident. We deal with the material author (“Falsi”) once the fight is over. “I’ll leave you, you just invited me to eat noodles!!”, Toviggino had written on Twitter, or Javier Mileyknowing that both are behind the project of the Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD) in Argentine football, the mother of all the battles that Tapia’s AFA resists.
“I am writing to you based on the express threats published by the treasurer of the AFA, Mr. Pablo Toviggino against our institution, which concern us due to the explicit intention of harming us,” Fassi begins his letter.
“We understand that Mr. Toviggino is referring directly to a possible impact on our interests in future decisions. These words generate a climate of uncertainty that we cannot fail to mention, since they affect the environment of trust and transparency that we seek to preserve in the Argentine football,” says the note, signed by the leader and stamped by Club Atlético Talleres.
In addition to reaffirming his “public and notorious” differences with the AFA, Fassi is careful to point out in his writing the need for an “open debate” to discuss all positions “with the aim of improving Argentine football as a whole.”
Fassi then expresses that he considers Toviggino’s words as “a threat that puts at risk not only our institution but also those of us who are part of it as well as the broad mass of society and the club’s followers and fans.”
Then he insists: “Specifically, we feel faced with the possibility of continuing to suffer situations that seriously affect the interests of our club.” Talleres has just delivered the blow of the day by beating River at the Monumental, a victory that put him in the fight for the Professional League, where Vélez rules.
At the end of his letter, Fassi again complains about the controversies in the Argentine Cup match against Boca, where he suffered a goal after a ball that had gone out of bounds and then his team lost on penalties (he missed two consecutive that would have given him classification to the quarterfinals). After that very hot weekend, the president of Talleres gave a press conference in which he presented his claim and questioned the referee Andres Merloswith whom he had a face-to-face exchange on the way to the locker room.
After that “declaration of war” against the AFA and Tapia, Fassi traveled to Buenos Aires and visited the Casa Rosada to meet with president Javier Milei, in another message directed towards the power of Argentine football.
In this case, Fassi added more “damages” against Talleres: the Disciplinary Court gave four dates to the player Franco Moyano, who was sent off against Racing for a smash and protests to the match referee.
Fassi’s request comes at a key moment for Córdoba: the preview of the city classic, which will have Talleres and Belgrano facing each other on Sunday from 4:30 p.m. “Any future decision that compromises our club will violate the equity and transparency that the AFA pursues for its members and as a consequence would affect the credibility of our Argentine football,” says the letter sent by Fassi.