“Infinite magic”: the video with which Villarreal of Spain announces Riquelme in their match between the legends

His approval was missing, even if it was a mere formality. Juan Roman Riquelme made it official this Tuesday that on March 25 he will be at the La Cerámica stadium to be part of the The legends match that of Villarreal of Spain organized as part of the celebrations for its first centenary of life. It was through a video in which he appeared waving to fans, but in which he also recalled the “infinite magic” which he showed off with the ‘Yellow Submarine’ shirt.

“I want to congratulate our club on its hundred years, thank you for the invitation on March 25. It will be a great honor for me to return to El Madrigal, which is now called La Cerámica stadium. Send a very, very big kiss to everyone the fans, we missed you, see you soon”assured the current vice president of Boca, dressed in the ‘Xeneize’ sweater.

Along with Riquelme, players like Andres Palopthe Argentines Gonzalo Rodriguez AND Juan Pablo Sorin, Marco Senna, Bruno Soriano, Diego Forlan, Moses Garcia Leon, Ruben Grazia’I can’, josico, Hector Font AND Javi Sale.

The ex-footballer’s message closed an almost minute-long collection of his best actions for Villarreal, where he played 145 games, scored 45 goals and provided 49 assists at a time when the club went from being a modest team in Spain to be in the semi-finals of the Champions League. There, like at Boca, he is an idol.

The appointment also coincides with the FIFA date on which the various teams will play friendlies. but also with the draw for the Copa Libertadores in Asunciónplace where he was also invited and with which, through connections, he could arrive from Spain to accompany the president Jorge Ameal and the general secretary Ricardo Roseca.

Because the idea is to travel to Europe not just to play for Villarreal: Riquelme knows that the World Cup has opened the eyes of the football planet to young Argentines and that mid-year proposals will arrive from all over the world from Alan Varela. Ezequiel Fernández, Luca Langoni, Valentín Barco and also Luis Vázquez, just to name a few of the Boca Predio guys who have been promoted right now and who already had polls from different sides. Mateo Retegui also has the possibility of emigrating to Europe and Boca still retains 50 percent of his pass (the other half must be paid by Tigre at 2.5 million dollars). If Román flies, it will be to play on and off the pitch, now in his new management role.

This invitation also goes hand in hand with a series of offers that Boca has recently been receiving for various tours that could not take place due to the pandemic and which were subsequently rejected due to the compression of the calendar. Now, even from below, it is slipping that one (or both?) of the pending finals against River could be sold abroad: Miami, Arabia and Qatar are some of the destinations mentioned. China too, although its distance would upset plans to do so in mid-season and again it would be postponed to the end of the year or early 2024.