Daniel Avellaneda
03/24/2021 17:28
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 03/24/2021 5:48 PM
While the ball rolls on the Argentine soccer fields, the thread for power turns and turns without stopping.
And those who have pretensions to make the jump in the AFA no longer hide their intentions.
While Claudio Tapia
is targeted by the Government
and tries to resist by getting support from Ascenso football, a leader launched himself into the race for the chair that historically Julio Grondona occupied and another promoted Marcelo Tinelli.
They are Marcelo Achile and Mario Leito.
In the last hours, the presidents of Defensores de Belgrano and Atlético Tucumán publicly demonstrated in this regard.
Until now, the only one who had expressed himself regarding the possibility of leading the destinies of the mother house was
Rodolfo D'Onofrio
, River's boss.
As
Clarín
advanced
, Achile gained weight due to his closeness to Julio Vitobello, secretary of the Presidency of the Nation.
The
Dragon's
leader himself
declared himself an
“albertist from the first minute”
.
It was clear on Monday, when he gave a Defensores T-shirt to the President after the PJ ceremony at the Juan Pasquale stadium.
And he added on
Radio 10
: “I am a lifelong Peronist activist.
I was always on the side of Néstor Kirchner, Cristina and Alberto.
If he asks me to take over at AFA, I will evaluate him, with Chiqui Tapia we are friends and we traveled the same path ".
In his bar times.
Achile with the Defensores fans in Paraguay, during a Playoffs match, in the 90s.
Achile awaits a resolution from the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ) after the complaint of irregularities that Nueva Chicago presented.
"I am a friend of
Chiqui
Tapia, I would never do something against him
but I do not rule out that tomorrow he may be president,
" he emphasized.
The president of the Bajo Belgrano club is a candidate in the image and likeness of Alberto Fernández.
How did the current president of Defensores forge power?
At the end of the 90s,
Achile was institutionalized leaving behind the management of the tribune to be anointed president.
But nothing could have been done without the patronage of Eduardo Deluca, Don Julio's historical interlocutor at Conmebol, the right hand of the man who ruled the AFA for more than 30 years.
Deluca was one of the Argentines who was imprisoned by FIFAGate accused of paying bribes to guide the votes for the election of Qatar as organizer of the 2022 World Cup. The financial scandal caused by the offices of the US Federal Justice ended with his imprisonment of the
“honorary president”
of Defensores, a position that Achile gave him, after the inauguration of the property that bears his name in Cardales.
In 2004, Alberto Fernández summoned Achile to be head of the Cabinet of the National Sports Secretariat, where he
was denounced for the irregular distribution of funds to different clubs.
But his leap to the political scene was not only due to sports but also to the Millenium nightclub, which operated in the club.
Achile witnessed the defense of Aníbal Ibarra, who was the City's Head of Government during the Boliche República de Cromañón fire, where 194 people lost their lives.
From Tucumán to Viamonte.
Mario Leito is one of the candidates to succeed Tapia.
Promotes Marcelo Tinelli.
The controversy was generated when the defense asked if that institution - where Millenium also worked, denounced for irregularities - had been attended by a Buenos Aires legislator.
Deputy Jorge Enríquez tried to oppose the question but could not prevent the witness from pointing out precisely him as one of the legislators who had attended the club.
Achile was targeted by a group of ARI legislators for beating French hospital workers.
The
“Young K” group
was led by Alberto's current Minister of Education, Nicolás Trotta.
In one of the statements, the youth of the ARI argued that the attack on health workers had been organized by Achile
"a former brave bar that Alberto Fernández managed in the Sports Department
.
"
The witnesses in the case pointed to Sergio
Tuto
Muhamad,
El Gordo Tuto
, a historic barrabrava from Chacarita Juniors.
Today, while Trotta directs the course of Education in Argentina, Achile is Undersecretary of Sports and Youth of the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires.
President of the League.
And future strongman of the AFA?
For that he has to leave his post in San Lorenzo.
Leito also launched into the race to succeed Tapia.
Although he chose to place himself behind the figure of Tinelli.
“I thank those who raised the possibility of me so that I can lead the AFA.
This makes me happy for what we were able to do and transform in Argentine soccer.
We have found a melted and bankrupt club and we took it to Atlético Tucumán on the institutional path ”, said the national deputy for the Frente de Todos.
Although he clarified, on the La Gaceta channel, that he has been
"forming part of the space in Argentine football and I argued that the president of the AFA should be Tinelli
. Today, before the two proposals that question the assembly in which the president was appointed of the AFA and if they prosper, new elections will have to be held, I think the same. We continue to be part of that space, we believe that Tinelli should be the president. ”Leito is the man of José Manzur, Governor of Tucumán and an ally of Peronism.
Given the facts of public knowledge, from @depmoronoficial we ratify the leadership of @tapiachiqui and we revalidate our support for this project that represents all clubs equally 🇦🇷⚽ # LaAFAEsDeLosClubes # LosClubesEstanConTapia pic.twitter.com/BM91k498MS
- Club Deportivo Morón 🐓 (@depmoronoficial) March 22, 2021
Meanwhile, Tapia collected the written endorsement of several clubs of the Ascent and the Federal Council.
The letters were viralized on social networks.
At the same time, there are complaints from the deputy Graciela Ocaña, who wants him to appear to testify in Congress for
a series of contracts that she considers irregular.