Politicians are the ones who have to deal with these issues, and we are football players. We want to be judged by what we do on the pitch, and that's simply it. That is the stance that the leaders should take: we come to play football and defend the country as we know how to do it, which is on the field. This was stated by Argentine national team midfielder Rodrigo De Paul. According to the Argentine News Agency, these statements were made within the framework of the Argentine national team's activity, which has just secured two victories against Mauritania, 2-1, and Zambia, 5-0, where the midfielder is one of the leaders of the world champion squad. The players of the national team were affected by the rejection of the head of the regulatory body, Claudio Fabián Tapia, involved in numerous controversies and a fraud case, and were labeled as accomplices in the controversy surrounding the leader. The midfielder of the Argentine national team Rodrigo De Paul expressed his concern about the social climate that Argentine football is going through and stressed that the team does not get involved in political issues, while calling for greater unity in the country. The player was firm when referring to public discussions and marked a clear position: 'We do not do politics,' in statements in which he sought to distance the squad from any partisan positioning in the midst of the scandal and repulsion that the leaders of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia as president, are generating. In that sense, the world champion midfielder also left a broader message about the social situation and pointed to the lack of cohesion. 'We do not do politics, we do not understand those things.' 'Let it be clear that we are football players, we come to play football. We will always try to defend the jersey of the Argentine National Team, in the place that we fought so hard to have and defend it on the field.' He stated that it generates 'anger' in him to see a country that, instead of uniting, 'destroys itself,' a reflection that went beyond strictly football.
