Published 2025-09-06
tag(s): #vélezsarsfield #fútbol
Today, Vélez defeated Central Córdoba 2-0 and won the "Supercopa Internacional". YAY!
The translation is "international super cup", which reads so close to the Spanish name that
you would think it doesn't need a translation.
But since the name is a bit nonsensical, I feel like I need to confirm that you read what you
think you read...and I get it, why "international" if it is an Argentinian cup???
Well, because the cup was supposed to be played yearly in Abu Dhabi.
Why? Money, obviously...I bet someone took a hefty payment to approve such bizarre
arrangement. How many fans can make such a trip, for single game???
Anyway, a single match is played between the winner of Copa Argentina[1]
and the winner of "Champions Trophy", which is another cup played by the winners of the two
shorter tournaments played each year.
While they did play it in a neutral venue, it wasn't in freaking Asia, but in Argentina.
Confused? And I glossed over a number of changes that the association has been making for the
last few years.
So in short, the prestige of this cup is questionable, since it has been played only four
times, and in a turbulent era of league rules re-definition. So even those 4 winners have some
sort of caveat that makes each trophy somewhat unique each year.
There are some parallels to the Club World Cup earlier this year, in that the whole thing is
obviously a cash grab, but if your team is in it, you care.
And the players care, too. Because it is their job and they are naturally competitive types,
so you send them to play the Play-Doh cup, and the will try "for real".
Today's game was quite spicy, at times. You could tell it was being treated as a proper final,
even if it lacks history.
And the AFA counts this as an official title that goes in the books, so there you go.