The arbitral intern has a silent process that is about to specify changes in the structure that has Federico Beligoy as responsible for Referee College of the Argentine Football Association (AFA). On Monday, the also general secretary of the Argentine Association of Referees (AAA), would announce the entry of Fernando Rapallini to perform as Technical Instructor
When this is completed, the Platense referee will formalize his retirement from the courts, something that already happened in the events since – without any explanation – he ceased to be designated and served abroad, as a referee and in the formation and adaptation of the VAR in remote leagues in which he began to be used.
In fact, he recently returned to the country after a period in Saudi Arabia as an advisor to the arbitration committee. Although it will not replace Beligoy as speculated weeks ago, he will occupy a key role as a technical instructor, currently in the hands of Ángel Sánchez.
Beligoy, then, will continue in the position that currently occupies and with greater political weight, since will remain in charge of designations and to attend the claims of the leaders, as it has been doing since 2018, along with their role as general secretary of the arbitration guild.
In recent times, Beligoy was repeatedly questioned for alleged lack of transparency in minimum designations and sanctions for rather large errors. However, he never lost the support of the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia.
The arbitral intern had a high point in April, when Beligoy was exposed after the filtration of internal communication, from a rude error that was not punished, although assumed inside doors.
In an Argentine Cup match, Fernando Echenique He did not charge an indirect free kick when a defender gave a pass to the goalkeeper, who had to glove the corner so that the ball did not get into. Incomprehensibly, the referee hit corner.
The next day Echenique left the designation for the current date, without the professional league explaining the reasons. Fernando Espinoza replaced him in Sunday’s game between Deportivo Riestra and San Lorenzo.
Beligoy exposed his concern in an email that had all the referees for recipients. In a precise text and without proper names, he did not have euphemisms to describe Echenique’s error and distribute responsibilities with the rest of the attendees of that party. The detail was the filtration: someone inside, does not commune with their boss.
In that context, the arrival of Rapallini can be explained as an internal movement that can end with Beligoy’s head, or a joint work to avoid errors such as Echenique. In any case, the one who pays the broken dishes will be Ángel Sánchez, unless it is “recycled” in another function.
The new role of the Platense referee will be influenced by their own tools that enhance the referees for their daily work. A kind of work in the territory, while Beligoy size institutional issues from the offices of Ezeiza, together with that of Tapia.
That double command is not new: for a good part of the management of Julio Grondonathe political position was occupied by Jorge Romowho over 20 years had friction with whom they dealt with the technical aspect: Ángel Corezza, Juan Carlos Loustau y Horacio Elizondowho ended up taking a step to the side due to management differences.
Rapallini, emerged from the school of Jorge Vigliano In La Plata, he arbitrated more than 300 games in Argentine football since his debut in First in 2011. He represented the country in international competitions since 2014, including Copmebol glasses, the Eurocup 2021, being the first South American to do so, the U17 World Cup, Sub 20, the Copa América and, as a culminating point, the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
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