At the premiere of the controversial title given to them by AFA, Atlético Tucumán could not celebrate against Argentinos

In the week of a new anniversary (122 years on September 27) and with the controversial promise of the president of the AFA to transform a Federal Football Council title achieved in 1960 into a star comparable to a First Division National Cup, Atlético Tucumán couldn’t handle Argentinos Juniors (0-0) and is moving away from the lead in the 2024 Professional League Tournament, which will award a top-level national championship when the year ends.

In the match that was played in Diego Armando Maradona not much happened. El Decano was closer to the goal than El Bicho with those two shots on the post half an hour into the first half. The plays were then divided into even alternatives. With the 0-0, the team Facundo Sava for now he deducted a point from the leader Velezwhich plays this Tuesday, while Bicho remains in the Copa Sudamericana zone.

A novelty at the venue is that Tobías Palacios is now Tobías Ramírez. The kid who has a great future spent four years making the change and now bears his stepfather’s last name. His new identification is already printed on the number 2 shirt. The other, during the visit, is this mess of officializing a competition 64 years apart. What is it about?

Atlético Tucumán was champion of the Championship Cup of Champions of the Argentine Republic in January 1960, with a great team that went down in history. He won the final against Estación Quequén de Necochea. The tournament was organized as always by the Federal Football Council. There were celebrations, the proclamation of the champion in the bulletins of the Federal Council and the presentation of the cup, in April 1960, by the entity that brings together all the leagues in the country and which in turn is affiliated with the AFA. No AFA affiliated club participated. There was an idea of ​​playing a match with the AFA champion, which never came to fruition.

Last Thursday, the club received a letter from Claudio Tapiapresident of AFA, addressed to Mario Leito, president of Atlético, says in its second paragraph: “The aforementioned competition, not qualifying for a higher level, in which the Champion Clubs of each Province participated, was a precursor to the National Championships in which the First Division Clubs of the Argentine Football Association participated. In this edition (1959-60), however, the First Division Champion of the Argentine Football Association did not participate, which does not prevent the award achieved by Club Atlético Tucumán from being equated to obtaining a National Championship. considered First Division”.

Before that, of course, there was a request from Atlético Tucumán to be recognized AFA champion. One of its leaders and historians, Silvio Navawas in charge of the documentation. The work presented is serious but the AFA’s response was a mixture that confuses more than it clarifies. The truth is that for now, there is only the letter and Tapia’s presence in Tucumán at the anniversary party. There is still no official expression of AFA through the Executive Committee or an Ordinary or Extraordinary Assembly, whose resolutions are then published in the Report and Balance. Something similar happened at the beginning of the year with Belgrano de Córdoba for the 1986 Regional, there were promises but no official resolution.

On the one hand, You cannot make official what is already official. On the other hand, if it were carried out through the Executive Committee, it would be a dangerous precedent that would open new claims, even from champions of any league in the country that is considered comparable to the Buenos Aires league, which has always dominated the history of Argentine soccer. A structure that had and has little federal, beyond the advances of recent years.

Finally, it is worth remembering what the AFA Report and Balance of 1960 says in the Federal Council chapter: “Once the competition in the category was over, in a session on February 8, the Federal Council proceeded to proclaim the Club Champion: Atlético Tucumán, affiliated with the Tucumán Football Federation. As a final touch to the aforementioned championship, the Board of Directors traveled to Tucumán on April 8 and proceeded to present, in a public ceremony, the trophy awarded to the winner.”.

For now, They are just promises. The concrete thing is that Atletico Tucumán has 26 points in the tournament and was seven behind Vélez, who plays this Tuesday with Central in Rosario and can expand that difference.