La Bombonera was filled only to welcome Leandro Paredes. This is the fan of Mouth. Passionate to the extreme. It doesn’t matter that your passage through the club has been very short. He is a talented soccer player, born in the house, world champion in Qatar 2022, he always told the world his love for blue and yellow colors and every time he passed through Buenos Aires he felt close. More than enough to draw an unforgettable afternoon-night.
He knew walls that his passage through Boca in football had been more than brief: he debuted at age 16, but he barely played 31 games and turned 5 goals. And in the two titles won he played more than little. It went too fast to Europe … that’s why Leandro himself, when the revolution was already proven, he was sincere: “I was very afraid to know if people were coming …”. Quiet: there were almost 55 thousand crazy people who took the stadium.
50,000 people chanted the name of Paredes
There was no empty place. It was a reception with the same call and impact as the one caused by Carlos Tevez when he returned and by Edinson Cavani when he finally accepted the proposal of Juan Román Riquelme to put on the Boca shirt. The club opened its doors to receive a different footballer. And the fan xeneize there was, in mass, to the mouth.
The two popular and the stalls full. The gallery of the boxes with an immense flag with the legend “Boca is great for its people.” La Bombonera exploded to receive Paredes, that man who entered with a club champion, with the number 5 underneath, dressed as a footballer and accompanied by his family.
“I came to live the madness of the mouth world. I move for feelings, for love, and that’s why I’m here. I wish we are happy together,” Paredes told the fans. And he sang next to them: “Comeí Vení sing with me, that a friend will find, that by the hand of Leo Paredes, all the return we will give.” And after answering some questions, he almost always closed with a “come on Bocaaaa.”
He gave a kind of Olympic return greeting people and kicking the ball stands he was signing on the same path. Always smiling, always with a brilliant look, like those children who fulfill the most desired dream.
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Before Paredes had gone through a press conference in which he left a beautiful definition: “Having Riquelme and Russo is a plus. They have achieved very important things here. I hope we can achieve more things together. What connects me with Boca is the love for this club. My life is handled by the passions and the love that I have to this club is immense. Of very small spectacular. Several times the world champion repeated: “I hope to return so much love with titles.” That also expect Boca fans.
