The match will be on Saturday, November 22, at 21.15 in Río Cuarto. Buenos Aires, November 19 (NA) – Following the scandalous elimination of Deportivo Morón from the Primera Nacional against Deportivo Madryn, murals of the Argentine national team appeared vandalized in various points of the West of Greater Buenos Aires with strong messages against Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia. According to what Argentine News Agency was able to find out, the interventions were made on iconic images of the world title won in Qatar 2022, including murals of Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martínez lifting the World Cup. The anger erupted after the fall against the “Aurinegro”, in a series that was crossed by controversial refereeing decisions, a questioned expulsion and a brawl at the end of the match. While from the leadership of the “Gallo”, before the return match, they called for “self-criticism” and minimized the influence of refereeing errors. The murals awoke intervened with phrases like “Chiqui mafia”, “Toviggino criminals”, “Morón is a country that does not forget”, “The most expensive World Cup in history, Morón and nothing”, and “Corrupt”. The episode at Deportivo Madryn's stadium was the trigger, since after the end of the match, players and members of Morón's technical staff denounced physical aggressions from both rival footballers and police officers. The discontent not only went viral on social networks, but also took shape in street graffiti, adding a symbolic component of attacking the World Cup murals, one of the greatest prides of Argentine football. Meanwhile, the Reduced continues its course, where Deportivo Madryn will play the final against Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in search of the second promotion to the Primera División.
Argentina: Murals of National Team Vandalized After Club's Elimination
After Deportivo Morón's controversial elimination, Argentine fans vandalized national team murals, expressing anger at football leadership and referees.