The Argentine Football Association (AFA) surprised this Thursday by recognizing the Central Rosary as champion of the 2025 First Division Professional League for being the one with the most points in the annual table.
The AFA’s decision is peculiar because the team from the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, did not win the title of the Openingin which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals, and the tournament Closing is still at stake, since the round of 16 will begin this Saturday.
He Central Rosary has added 66 points after 32 games in the first phases of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the result of 18 games won, 12 tied and only 2 lost.
In a statement, the Executive Committee of the Professional Football League announced that it resolved to “consider as League Champion to the team that finishes first in the Annual Table, that is, the one that accumulates the greatest number of points throughout the season”.
Di María and Rosario Central, happy with the title
This title was not one of those that were in dispute in the highest category of professional football in Argentina, composed of the Apertura, Clausura and the Champions Trophy championships.
Angel Di Mariathe team captain, the goalkeeper Jorge ‘Fatura’ Brounthe coach Ariel Holan and the president of the club, Gonzalo Belloso, They received the trophy at the headquarters of the Professional League, in Buenos Aires, from the hands of the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia.
Say Maria He said: “We and the entire family are very happy. Central Rosary because we had two spectacular semesters. We never lowered the level and that gave us the possibility of achieving this title. We said it on the last date: we felt like champions, because scoring so many points is not easy.”
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Hello He acknowledged that he received the news this Wednesday: “Last night we found out, they told us that they were going to give it to us this morning and that’s why we moved training to the afternoon.”
Beautiful He stressed that “it is a plan that has been going on for several years, to reincorporate the annual champion and from now on in the future that tournament is added to the Apertura, Clausura and the Champions Trophy and the annual champion will be there again. The current one was recognized. That is what happened.”
