Overview
- Boca and Vélez drew 0-0 on September 2 and Boca advanced on penalties; Vélez then filed a formal complaint claiming Boca listed six foreign players on the match sheet and asking that the match be awarded to them.
- The AFA Tribunal de Disciplina formally opened an expediente on September 10 and gave Boca a five-day period to take notice and submit a written descargo to the disciplinary panel.
- The regulatory dispute hinges on an AFA rule that clubs may register up to six foreign players but only five may be listed as eligible for a given match, with competing interpretations over whether listing six alone is a breach or only playing more than five is punishable.
- Boca plans to argue that Ángel Romero—who was on the bench—did not enter the game and will cite precedents where similar cases led to fines or warnings instead of sporting reversals.
- While the expediente proceeds the AFA has scheduled the Boca–Racing quarterfinal for September 27 in Córdoba, and the tribunal’s eventual ruling could produce outcomes ranging from dismissal to a fine or the extreme of awarding the match to Vélez, which would alter the tournament schedule and affect players, staff and fans.