Román, idol and vice president of Xeneize, acknowledged that they saw the Academy as a candidate for the title following being eliminated from the Copa Argentina. In turn, he gets excited regarding the title: “What we are living is a dream.”
Juan Román Riquelme, idol and vice president of Boca, beat the definition of the championship, following the triumph once morest Gimnasia that left Xeneize as the only leader and at the gates of a new title: admitted that he believed that Racing was the favorite, praised the referents of the squad for guiding the youth and made it clear that he is excited regarding doing the Olympic lap on Sunday at the Bombonera.
Riquelme, from the praise of Boca’s referents to “Racing was the favorite”
Juan Román Riquelme praised the championship that Xeneize did and assured that the referents are the main responsible, for guiding the youth. “For us it has been a long year. We have to take our hat off because they recognize the boys from the Inferiores a lot. The First Division coaches help a lot. The big culprits are the big players, who make the guys feel comfortable. We are very happy and grateful.”he expressed in an interview with ESPN.
In that sense, he explained that the break was the hard fall once morest Patronato in Paraná: “They are great players, they like to compete. That defeat hurt them a lot. They were upset with themselves. They began to compete. We were lucky that those at the top began to lose points and gave us chances. Hopefully we can achieve victory once morest Independiente”.
On the other hand, he revealed that he felt that the Academy was a candidate for the title, especially following his elimination in the Argentine Cup. “The tournament is even, we have to congratulate Atlético Tucumán, Huracán, Gimnasia de La Plata. In our way of thinking, we believed that Racing was always the favourite. He was reinforced very well. We are fighting,” he said.
“This team is becoming strong, the team is helping, we are excited for Sunday,” said Riquelme. And he added: “We always have the obligation to compete in all tournaments. It is what we try to make the youngest learn. The older ones help a lot. Our shield forces us to compete.”
How Riquelme sees Ibarra in his experience as Boca coach
Juan Román Riquelme assured that he sees Hugo Benjamín Ibarra “happy” in his experience at the helm of Boca. “He knows the club. He’s a very calm person. It’s not easy to lead this team. People talk regarding the good and the bad every day. And, when he’s first, he doesn’t talk as much as when he talks badly. It makes me very happy to see him directing,” she expressed.
In turn, he highlighted the work of the Inferior coordinators for the number of youth who are currently in the First Division: “They are doing an extraordinary job. The boys go up to the First Division, they are prepared. The culprits are the Inferior coaches. We have to give the thanks”. And he added: “The day to day on the property is beautiful, fun. It is what we wanted, that they cross paths with the Reserve, Fourth, Fifth, even the smallest. Good things are happening.”
Riquelme’s tremendous praise for Sebastián Villa
Juan Román Riqulme assured that Sebastián Villa was the most outstanding player in the championship. “He is always the best. Today he made us win once more. We have been at the club for three years and we have nothing but words of gratitude and good things for Villa. He has not had a good time. As much as he has had big problems, he always competed to the max. I hope we are lucky enough to have him for many more years. For me, he is the best in Argentine football, by far.” express.
Riquelme revealed behind the scenes of the new postponement of Gimnasia vs. Boca
Juan Román Riquelme gave details of how they decided to make themselves available to Gimnasia to postpone the match so that Lobo rests one more day and assured that he remembered the episode when Xeneize had to play with the Reserve once morest Banfield and San Lorenzo in 2021. “In At this moment, we had to play a very important game with Gymnasticsand. We are always going to continue being footballers and it was the right thing for Gimnasia to have one more day off. If we can help, we will always do it. It was what we explained to the president of the AFA. That’s why it was possible to play today”, he said.
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