Jewels of Argentine soccer, such as Lionel Messi, Pablo Aimar and Alfio ‘Coco’ Basile, and from the ‘Boca Juniors world’, such as Carlos Bianchi, Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Óscar Córdoba, Among others, they are on the confirmed list for the tribute that the idol Auriazul will receive this Sunday Juan roman riquelme.
La Bombonera will host an event that the former footballer of Boca Juniors (1996-2002, 2007-2012 and 2013-2014), Barcelona (2002-2003), Villarreal (2003-2007) and Argentinos Juniors (2014-2015) He has been waiting eight years, since he publicly announced his retirement on January 25, 2015.
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For this event, of which only the place of celebration is known, the stadium where he triumphed as an auriazul footballer, La Bombonera, and the day, this Sunday, but not its schedule or many of the details, the members of the Ribera club They started buying tickets this Thursday.
Maxi Rodríguez will have his one day before
With the only certainty that the former footballer of the Spanish Atlético de Madrid and the English Liverpool Maxi Rodríguez will not be in his tribute, because on Saturday the 25th his will live in Rosario, Riquelme will receive this Sunday a shower of soccer crowds for which photographers and cameramen outside the company that will exploit the image of the event have not been allowed access to the field.
The Bianchi technicians, ‘Coco’ Basile and José Pekerman make up the guest list for his ancestry in the figure of Riquelme.
The ‘Viceroy’ led Boca in various stages, in which the Auriazules won three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups between 2000 and 2003 – of which Riquelme won two and one, respectively.
Scaloni and his collaborators
Former teammates from the Albiceleste, such as Messi, Aimar, Angel di Maria, Javier Mascherano or the members of the current coaching staff, Lionel Scaloni, Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala, They will also be part of this Sunday’s tribute.
Regarding former members of Boca, the last to confirm was the current coach of Paraguay, ‘el Melli’ Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who will participate with his brother Gustavo and other exauriazules, such as Fernando Gago, Claudio Morel Rodríguez or Rodrigo Palacio.
Born in San Fernando (Buenos Aires province) 44 years ago, Riquelme was one of the best Argentine soccer players, undoubtedly outstanding in his position in the center of the field, and considered a historical idol of the club in which he is vice-president today.
Launched into the campaign to preside over Boca Juniors, The former Albiceleste international was the U-20 world champion in Malaysia in 1997 and an Olympic champion in Beijing in 2008, in addition to winning three Libertadores (the last was in 2007), one Intercontinental and one Intertoto, this one with Villarreal’s Chilean Manuel Pellegrini.
