With less than a month until the elections, Román came out to talk about the club’s current affairs and also to give several messages to his rivals.
On Wednesday evening, November 22 Mouth They lost 3–2 to Estudiantes in the semi-final of the 2023 Argentine Cup, hampering their chances of qualifying for the next edition of the Copa Libertadores. After the meeting, Juan Roman Riquelme He gave an extensive interview to TyC Sports where he talked about everything.
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As a result of the possibility of not playing in the continental competition, the presidential candidate focused on his rival, but also on the media: “What was the most important era of our lifelong rival and who was the leader? I don’t hear them say it on television, but you hear all day long that Boca is being left out of the Libertadores.” AlsoHe compared the titles between the administrations: “We are always going to try to improve. We have been there for four years, with a year and a half of pandemic. We have six titles and we are missing two finals. The previous president was eight years old, won six titles. And no one says it!”.
On the other hand, he mentioned the issue of La Bombonera, one of the aspects that Andrés Ibarra puts the most emphasis on and promises a new stadium: “You shouldn’t lie to the fan. They’ve been at the club for 25 years and they didn’t dig a hole so the pitch wouldn’t flood. Now if people want to believe them when they say: ‘I’m going to make a pitch for you… .” RomHe also told about an affair with Leo Messi, who praised the Boca house: “Messi recently enjoyed playing again in La Bombonera. When I came to hug him, I said to him: she is beautiful, isn’t she?, and he tells me: she is getting more beautiful every day.”.
MORE STATEMENTS FROM JUAN ROMÁN RIQUELME
CONFIDENCE IN VICTORY
“We are going to win, otherwise I won’t show up. It is one of the easiest elections in history: either you choose a football club, or they do politics within the club.”
WHY LEAVE QATAR AIRWAYS
“We have been without a sponsor for a year. I knew six months before that we would be without a sponsor (Qatar Airways), because the man who wants to appoint the new president (Mauricio Macri) told me that if we did not release the 9 Qatar to promote him. “Before the World Cup in December we were without a sponsor. I like Boca, I prefer Benedetto, I prefer Cavani.”
FROM DEBT TO SURPLUS
“If you give me a club with debts and it is now in your favor with thirty goals, then you have done something right. If, from a sporting point of view, you are the one who has won the most, then you have done something right. If you have 35 children gave their debut, you did something right.”
PLAY THE LIBERTADORES CUP
“I’ve played here for a long time, I’ve had seasons where I didn’t play in the Copa Libertadores. We always have to play it, but I didn’t listen to the journalists with so much euphoria when we had to stay outside.” like now.”
THE FINAL OF THE LIBERTADORES CUP
“I’m hurt because I was very excited about the final, but something was missing. The blow was hard, we were very excited. Today we wanted to win but we couldn’t, but when the season starts we’ll try to maintain the lead keeping fans excited until the end.”
Source: Goal