\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t The Argentine Football Association (AFA) officially launched on Monday its very own football streaming platform, \u201cLPF Play.\u201d The service will show every game of the Liga Profesional de F\u00fatbol (Professional Football League) from the second to the fourth tiers, as well as the youth teams and the women\u2019s national teams, and will be free for the first three months.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a landmark for Argentine football,\u201d AFA president Claudio \u201cChiqui\u201d Tapia said at the launch event. \u201cWith great courage and skill, we dreamt [of this] a long time ago [\u2026]. Here are the men who did what had to be done, so that football could once again belong to the clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The AFA president went on to celebrate the accomplishments of his tenure, from \u201cstrengthening football across the nation\u201d and backing Lionel Scaloni as head coach of the men\u2019s national team \u201cwhen nobody else did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tapia\u2019s comments come amid a longstanding feud between the AFA and the Milei administration. The fight, which started over the government\u2019s proposal to privatize football clubs, has since become a fully fledged legal and public battle.<\/p>\n
While the official launch of LPF Play was on Monday, it has been live since the beginning of February, showing matches of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football, that kicked off in the summer.<\/p>\n
The platform was launched after the contract with Torneos y Competencias S.A. and Tele Red Imagen S.A. \u2014 which had been broadcasting the tournament since 2016 \u2014 expired at the end of 2025. Till then, matches were televised exclusively on cable, with no extra subscription required, unlike the First Division, which is still only available to those who pay.<\/p>\n
The rights to Argentina\u2019s First Division football league are split between ESPN Premium and TNT Sports, with contracts running through 2030 and 2031, respectively. The matches are broadcast through the \u201cPack F\u00fatbol\u201d subscription, for which an additional fee is charged.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year, you couldn\u2019t watch our lower leagues across the country. The signal broke. Now we can, we\u2019ve had 11 games simultaneously,\u201d Tapia said. \u201cFive years ago, there was almost no women\u2019s football in our country. Today it continues to grow day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n
How does LPF Play work? Fans looking to watch any of the games, as well as replays and highlight reels, can do so by visiting the official website. Those looking to watch on their mobile devices or smart TVs can do so by downloading the official app from the Google Play Store or the App Store. The service is available internationally.<\/p>\n
Registration is required to view the content, which is available for free for the first three months, and will then require a paid subscription to watch live games, expected to cost around U$S10.<\/p>\n
According to AFA, 175 matches have been broadcast live since February, watched by almost half a million people in more than 150 countries. The broadcast is run by production company \u201cLa Corte,\u201d part of Grupo Indalo, also the parent company of the Buenos Aires Herald.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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