Overview
- Vélez is preparing to file a formal protest with the AFA after reviewing the Copa Argentina match sheet that listed six foreign players for Boca in the game decided by penalties on Sept. 5.
- The six names on Boca’s official sheet were Ángel Romero, Carlos Palacios, Sebastián Villa, Álvaro Montero, Leandro Lozano and Enner Valencia, though only five of them entered the field during the match.
- A key legal hinge is Sebastián Villa’s residency status, which reports say had lapsed and is due for renewal in October, a fact Vélez cites to argue he should have occupied a foreign slot.
- The rule at issue allows clubs to register six foreigners in the squad but limits eligible match-sheet entries to five, and the regulation is ambiguous about whether merely signing the sheet counts as participation.
- If the Tribunal finds a breach, precedent and multiple outlets say the most likely outcome is administrative or economic sanctions for Boca rather than an automatic awarding of the tie to Vélez, but a final ruling is still pending.