Overview

• Andrés Fassi said “Me equivoqué” in a Córdoba press conference, offered cooperation to AFA, and pledged to invite Claudio Tapia to inaugurate the next stage of Talleres’ Ciudad Deportiva this year.
• AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino rejected the apology on X, calling Fassi “cara de piedra,” “traidor” and “mentiroso,” and alleged prior institutional attacks; Tapia amplified the message by reposting it.
• Fassi noted he had already conveyed a private apology to Tapia during a meeting at Instituto’s La Agustina several months earlier.
• He assumed full responsibility for Talleres’ slump, acknowledged missteps in recruitment including the failure to add a needed striker, and publicly backed coach Carlos Tevez.
• He set club elections for October 19 with more than 36,000 members eligible to vote, referencing the dispute’s origins in the September 2024 Mendoza episode with referee Andrés Merlos and the subsequent two-year AFA suspension.