out who will take over the role of president after a 75-
member vote ends in a tie.
The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) had to postpone their
presidential election after the initial result revealed an extra vote
had been cast.
Luis Segura and rival Marcelo Tinelli were due to find out who
would take over the role on a permanent basis following the
death of former president Julio Grondona last year.
However, the assembly was told the final result was a 38-38 tie -
an impossible outcome considering there were only 75
members eligible to vote.
Segura has been in charge on an interim basis since Grondona
passed away at the age of 82.
He declared a willingness to work alongside Tinelli, who is the
vice-president of club side San Lorenzo, if the pair could find
common ground.
"We will call a new election if it has to be done [but] we will try
to follow a path that maybe this error was a message for all of
us to analyse forming one common ticket," he said.
"If that doesn't work we'll call [another] election. This is
disconcerting and even embarrassing."
The AFA was holding their first democratic election in 36 years,
with Grandona - a former senior vice-president at FIFA - having
previously held the post of president since 1979.
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