A historic consecration for Argentine football, but not just on the pitch Students of La Plata showed that it is the best team in domestic football, but since this consecration off the field also raised a series of questions, due to the confrontation between the president of the La Plata club, Juan Sebastian Veronunder the leadership of the AFA. In this context, Eduardo Domínguez’s team has imposed a series of sanctions on several players for turning away from him Central rosary During the Hall of Honor there was a demonstration of discontent over the controversial crowning of the Rosario team as champions of the Professional League, the sum of the annual table.
It was announced that the suspensions would have to be paid starting from the next tournament. However, it is not clear what will happen with Estudiantes’ next step at the national level, for now will compete for the Champions Trophy against Platense next Saturday, December 20thand there is no word on whether Domínguez can count on the players in question.
The AFA decided to punish all players who started that game with a two-game ban for the next tournament. and also Juan Sebastián Verón, who was banned from all football-related activities at the club for six months.
On November 27, when the AFA sanction was imposed, the recitals of the judgment officially stated why it was decided to ban the Pincha footballers only for the next tournament and not the current one: “This court considers that the suspension of the players for two dates in the next official tournament must be fulfilled (…) so that the sanction is exemplary but not disproportionate or harmful to the integrity of the current competition,” says the judgment published on the website. the AFA. But we are talking about the “next official tournament” and not 2026.
It is therefore still unclear whether Fernando Muslera, Román Gómez, Santiago Núñez, Tiago Palacios, Facundo Farías, Leandro González Pírez, Santiago Arzamendia, Edwuin Cetré, Ezequiel Piovi, Cristian Medina and Mikel Amondarainwill they be able to play against Platense. Even Núñez will not be able to carry out this role for three months as he was captain in this game.
The special thing about this case is that Núñez is not a regular captain, but since Santiago Ascascíbar, José Sosa and even Guido Carrillo were not in the starting eleven (they could play against Platense if they are not transferred in the next few days), he has to pay with this sanction. According to the ruling of the disciplinary court, the bans for the Pincha footballers “They will be counted in the next official tournament in which Club Estudiantes de La Plata takes part.“This communication does not detail whether the possibility of the Champions Trophy has been considered or whether it will only come into force in the 2026 Apertura tournament.”
Therefore, it is not yet known whether the La Plata team will be able to count on its entire staff to face Platense on December 20 at the Único de San Nicolás Stadium. In the event that the disciplinary tribunal considers that they must comply with the sanction in 2026, it would be in the games against them Independent and Bocathe first meetings of Estudiantes in the Apertura next year.
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