The current vice president of Boca, Juan roman riquelme He confessed this Monday night that the day he was enshrined in his position by winning the last elections at the club he enjoyed more “than the day we won the Intercontinental Cup by beating Real Madrid.”
“The day we won the elections I felt happier than when as a player we beat Real Madrid for the Intercontinental Cup,” Riquelme admitted to ESPN one day after the first team of the club chaired by Jorge Amor Ameal became finalist in the Professional League Cup to face Tigre.
“Between the time of footballer and the current one, this is the one i enjoy the mostbecause those who chose me and gave me this gift of allowing me to return to the club It was the fans who voted for me and who love me so much. And when there are elections again in 18 months, I hope they continue to elect me,” he remarked.
And in a train of confessions he also maintained that in “the match with Lanús” he saw the Boca fans sing “so strongly, that after eight years of leaving football”, he “wanted to play again”.
“Between my time as a footballer and the current one, this is the one I enjoy the most, because those who chose me and gave me this gift of allowing me to return to the club were the fans who voted for me and who love me so much.”Juan roman riquelme
About Sebastian Villaabout who weighs a complaint for sexual abuse and attempted murder and another for gender violence, Riquelme said that “he continues to be the most unbalanced player in Argentine soccer. And Eduardo Salvio is getting better every day from his knee operation, something that is not easy to come back from, especially as a striker.”
Regarding this present, “xeneize” was also forceful in appreciating that “What happens is that if you watch television during the week it seems that Boca is the worst team in the championship, but when Sunday comes it is the one that reaches the final, and others who say they are the best, are not. “.
“And that is also due to the growth of this group of players. Because it had been a long time since the club enjoyed so much on a day-to-day basis, with several players who stayed until two or three in the afternoon practicing, because that means that they are comfortable in the institution,” he said.
“For example frank fabra He has been with us for almost seven years and is part of the club’s history for the quality of the footballer he is. He has a remarkable status and will become one of the best left backs of all time in our institution”, he stated.
And he admitted that he “would have liked Edwin Cardonto continue in Boca but it did not happen. But I love him very much and every time he plays for Racing, a little or a lot, I wish him the best.”
And then taking the train of revelations, he anticipated that his long-delayed “farewell match will be held after the World Cup in Qatar that ends on December 18. It will be before the 24th, between those days,” he remarked.
“And when the next elections come (in December 2023) I want to continue being in Boca. I’m sure that by then about 55,000 members will vote,” he assessed.
Regarding the team led by Sebastián Battaglia, he announced that “if in each semester there is a need and an opportunity to bring in a reinforcement, it will be done.”
As for the youngster Alan Varela, of good productions despite being a youngster who will only turn 21 on July 4, he maintained that he is “a player who plays from time to time and we have to thank him because he always does well, because he has enormous quality But you also have to take it step by step, because it is going to grow day by day,” he said cautiously.
“But the only central midfielder who is a ’10’ and not simply a ‘five’ is Sergio Busquets. There was and will never be one like him, because before they said that the hitch was responsible if the team played badly, and from Sergio in Barcelona the central midfielder began to be pointed out as responsible for not putting together a game. But neither Liverpool nor Real Madrid, for example, who are going to play in the Champions League final, have a central midfielder like him. And that the two, Thiago Alcántara and Casemiro, are Brazilians “, he compared him.
And he closed with an opinion about the team led by Battaglia. “This is a team with very classy players, who in many cases get together to talk about football like we did in the old days. And that is also important to strengthen and train a team. And the referents take the guide in that aspect,” he added.
