Juan Carlos Olave, the former Belgrano returned unexpectedly as the protagonist of Milei’s favorite meme

Juan Carlos Olave He was a goalkeeper, and will remain in the history of Argentine football for having been the protagonist of an unforgettable feat for Belgrano and painful for River: the Class of 2011 that filled the Pirate with glory and condemned the Millionaire to play in Serie B. Today, 12 years old After that, Olave is in the news again.

Javier Milei He was also a goalkeeper, but he will remain in the history not of Argentine football but of the country after becoming the President of the Nation, the most voted since the return of democracy after the ballot on November 19th. In this December, which marks the economist’s first month at Casa Rosada, his name appears linked to that of Olave. As? The explanation is in social networks.

The digital world has been a field of political struggle for some time now, and in recent weeks there has been a truly intense one, in defense of the adjustment policies that Milei is pursuing to emerge from the serious crisis that the Argentines are going through. . “There is no silver” is one of the catchphrases that Milei uses and returns in the form of songs, mugs and t-shirts. The last one is “They don’t see it”and this is where the former Córdoba goalkeeper, who also passed through Gimnasia, River and Spanish football, comes into play.

“They don’t see it” speaks of a part of the citizenry who looks with suspicion at the plan proposed by Milei or who downplays the so-called “worst legacy received” after the period governed by Alberto Fernández. And what does Olave have to do with all this? It’s a play on words: “They don’t see it”a pictographic combination to transform this new meme leitmotif of libertarian politics.

This was the image that Milei used this Sunday on Christmas Eve, for example, in the midst of one of the many controversies generated in the microworld of social networks; a response in tune with the level of the scenario in which they take place.

In this case, Milei’s post also had a response from Olave himself, who seems to have addressed the issue with humor by sending a message to the President: “Hahahaha, what happened León? We need a country where we are everyone included!! “People will accompany you every time they see that the future will be better than today!! Successes… If things go well for you, the Argentines will do well… Regardless of the differences,” Olave wrote.

The former goalkeeper’s post had more than 10 thousand “likes” and some contrary comments, to which he himself took care to respond without showing too many filters when it came to controversy.

The story of Olave and football

Juan Carlos Olave is 47 years old and was born as a footballer in the Las Palmas de Córdoba club, where he arrived at a very young age accompanying his grandfather Federico Griguol, an illustrious surname in Argentine football. There he ended up retiring and after becoming a coach he continued to work pro bono in the institute that trained him, but in the meantime he began a long career in which he played more than 500 professional matches.

Belgrano was his home and the place where he made history with that memorable crossing that resulted in River’s relegation to the second division of Argentine football. In the decisive match, at the Monumental, Olave saved a penalty from Mariano Pavone which could have changed the fate of that unforgettable 26 June for the Cordoba fans.

As soon as he is told what he has in his favor, another match can be marked for Olave that particularly resonates in the football city of the city of La Plata. 1 was Gimnasia’s goalkeeper in Estudiantes’ 7-0 victory over Lobo in October 2006, an unprecedented achievement in the fervent rivalry that exists in the city of diagonals.

In September 2017, at the age of 41, Olave returned from retirement and ended his career realizing a dream: sharing the team with his son Thiago in Las Palmas, playing against the Alumni of that province for Federal B.