In the midst of another crusade between the government and the leadership of the Argentine Football Association, the Minister of Transformation and State Liberation, Federico SturzeneggerAnd published on social networking sites A report containing statistics on arbitration awards Which confirms that the arrival of Chiqui Tapia to that entity “statistically significantly changed the results of the Paracas Club” Central.
“According to statistics Paracas received 8% more favorable judgments (left graph) and 28% fewer unfavorable judgments (right graph). In a tournament of 28 dates, he has a judging advantage of between 9 and 18 points,” Sturzenegger pointed out on social networks, sarcastically: “Dry my neck!”
According to the report that the minister attached to the same post on the social networking site STitled Referee bias in Argentine football: the case of Paracas Centralthe club whose reconfigured stadium has been named after the AFC president since 2017, when Tapia took over the position, “Preferential arbitration treatment”. He also noted that he “obtained much better sporting results than those expected by the contrary scenario.”
He specified that the analysis was based on “you.”n artificial control method and advanced machine learning techniquesIt reflects, specifically, that the team that qualified on Monday for the quarter-finals of the Clausura Serie A tournament “had 8.59% more favorable refereeing penalties (penalties and cards against opponents) and 28.1% fewer penalties against it compared to the opposing scenario without Tapia at the helm of the AFC.”
“Mathematically, it is estimated that in a 28-day tournament, Paracas Central added between 8.5 and 18.5 more points (depending on the specifications used) than it would have gained in the absence of the aforementioned advantage,” added the report submitted by Sturzenegger.
Can statistics shed light on whether there is referee bias in Argentine football? Yes. The attached work explains how to access @tapiachiqui to @afa It changed the Paracas club results in a statistically significant way. According to Paracas statistics… pic.twitter.com/ZLhd0vl4PX
– Feed Sturzenegger (@fedesturze) November 25, 2025
To prepare the report, the text explains, “Data of all matches played by teams that competed in the same categories with Paracas Central during the past ten years was used.”
In parallel, it was noted that “the data were obtained from the specialized BeSoccer platform” and that “the database includes information from the Primera B Metropolitana (2010-2019), Primera Nacional (2019-2021) and Primera División (2021-present) leagues.”
Quoting Minister J.’s tweetAffair Miley supported Sturzenegger’s post Regarding the alleged influence of the President of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, in the arbitration awards in favor of Paracas Central, he noted that they reflect a “devastating result.”
The president wrote on the social networking site “X” that “the work in question demonstrates, with overwhelming statistics, the irregularities in the arbitration processes that many whisper about and that no one denounces. The end.”
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The aforementioned work shows, with compelling statistics, the arbitration violations that many people whisper about and no one denounces.
end. https://t.co/Cs692Q8q8L– Javier Miley (@JMiley) November 25, 2025
Previously, in the midst of the controversy sparked by the Argentine Football Association’s decision to designate Rosario Central champion of the Football League, the president also turned to the networks to… Approval of the gesture undertaken by the Estudiantes de la Plata team By turning his back on his Rosario peers when they entered the field.
“An honor for Don Osvaldo’s school. The end,” Miley wrote, referring to Osvaldo Zubeldia, the Estudiantes coach who won the Copa Libertadores three times, as well as the Intercontinental Cup in 1968 against Manchester United.
Supreme Leader of La Plata Club, Juan Sebastian VeronHe is considered one of the voices opposing the leadership of the Argentine Football Association – led by Claudio Tapia – and in favor of the joint-stock sports companies (SAD).