Juan Román Riquelme and Boca’s irregular present: “You mustn’t let yourself go crazy, things are going very well”

every time he speaks Juan Roman Riquelme It makes noise. She did it this Friday, in an interview on the club’s YouTube channel. And the first thing he did was try to calm the fans, praise his new coach, Jorge Almirón, and warn that the team, beyond the fact that the results are not good at the beginning of the year, has “figures” that they will help fight to win the Copa Libertadores in this 2023.

“You shouldn’t let yourself go crazy, things are very good”released the vice president of Boca and head of the Football Council, who last night obtained the necessary signatures so that his group “I am Bostero” they can participate with their seal in the next elections to be held at the end of the year.

And he continued: “It’s a dream. What I want until the last day of my life is my relationship with the fans, I know they love me very much, we needed 8,400 signatures and we got 10,715. It’s wonderful. They are all crazy. It is the most beautiful thing that has happened to me in my life. This is our fans’ club, we are here to take care of it and I send a big kiss to all the bosseros who know that I love them very much,” he stressed.

Riquelme, fully dressed in Boca’s training clothes, gave a strong vote of confidence in Jorge Almirón, who took over as coach this Monday to replace the dismissed Hugo Ibarra.

“I have no doubts: we have brought in a great coach. His way of thinking and seeing football suits the group of players we have and we have great confidence to do a great job,” he remarked.

And he underlined: “The bosteros who remain calm, don’t fill their heads. Players know they have to improve. Trust that the past three years have been wonderful. In three years we are the club that has won the most titles. I came back because I was tired. Since we’ve been here, we’ve almost always won and we’ve almost always beaten our rival. If the fans, the coaching staff and the players are together, we will have the possibility to play all the Copa Libertadores matches.”

In addition to accepting that the team is not having the best time, Riquelme was extremely appreciative of the team and supported it. “They made everything look very easy, in 2022 they won both championships by winning the Superclásico, and recently they beat a final against Patronato 3-0, which as Boca wins, it’s nothing, when the others win it, it’s wonderful “, he emphasized and commanded a strong signal of support for Pol Fernández and Sebastián Villa.

“Pol Fernández is a star. That’s clear. He is the smartest player in Argentine football and without a doubt that for me he is among the two or three best of Argentine football. He, Villa… Villa continues to be the best in the country, without a doubt,” he reiterated. We are lucky to have him with us, we must have a lot of fun. These guys have got us used to them, I admire them, they have made us very happy, they have given many championships”.

Finally, he referred to Libertadores’ desire to win again: “The Cup is the most beautiful of all. What I felt every time I went to play was that I would play all 14 matches, because the final was round. Travel I always dream that Boca reach the final, I heard it as a player and now I live it as a fan.”

“You have to support and you have to encourage like we do every game, which makes me want to go out and play ball. Just tell the bosseros that they are all really crazy and that I love them very much,” the leader closed at a 20-minute speech.