Riquelme spoke about Boca’s present, VAR and refereeing: “Today’s football is a disaster”.

Mouth he played the worst game of the cycle Martinez, It took him 87 minutes to kick the goal, Unión didn’t make his life easy, they disrespected the last runner-up in the table Copa Libertadores and at the end of the match he beat them 1 to 0. While the The world of Boca questions the reasons why The mouth has no stabilitythis Thursday the president of the Ribera institution came to speak, Juan Roman Riquelme.

“When you play badly, there are many chances that what happened yesterday will happen,” Riquelme told the cameras. TyC Sports and added that he believes it Boca plays very well and that they are satisfied with the technical director and that you have to feel comfortable because you’re getting to know the players.

On the other hand, the president of Boca said: “Today 40 days have passed since the first game and 9 games. You get tired physically and mentally, but we are clear that yesterday we did not do well. “She recognized it when”when you play badly, you will losewhich is what happened yesterday, but I’m taking it in stride.”

He also stated that “playing 9 games in 40 days it’s too muchand three or four days you have to play again.” The truth is that the tournament has begun February 28th and there are already 9 dates in less than a month.

Riquelme elaborated on the idea of ​​playing so often: “In a week you play two games well or you win two games and they say you’re wonderful, if you then play two games badly they say ‘this team is bad’, and many coaches leave. ” The truth is this Seven technicians have already left on these nine dates.

He Bullfighter He also spoke about the wounding of the captain of the institute, Marcos Rosso: “In Salta our captain was injured, he has been convalescing for 30, 40 days and has missed nine matches. We play very often”, and he once again confirmed Pol Fernández as “one of the best in our team and he will always be missed , those players are always missing.

Beyond the speed with which the championship is played, the ten former Boca players referred to the Pre-Olympic and said that “Brey, Medina, Equi Fernández, Valentini left and our coach was counting on them from the sixth date, they came from a lot of pressure, from the final against Brazil, and four or five days later they played against Lanús and could not move, “And last week against River, Medina and Equi were among the best.”

Could Riquelme play football with VAR?

“They always called me foul with VAR for the weapons issue. Today’s football is a disaster, before it was played more like in the neighborhood and this made it fun”, said the president of Boca and added that playing football “He has some skill and finds the time.”.

He also spoke about this new adaptation of the player regarding fouls and VAR: “Today if you hit someone it’s a foul. You can’t even touch the opponent. In every foul a red card is given. There are players who live on the pitch. Those too must be sent off.”

“Medina’s game that works with the defender, a today it is red If you repeat it 70 times, and look at how today’s player plays: the Unión player stays on the ground because it hurts and Medina gets up, turns around and praying they don’t throw him out“, he expressed Riquelme on Pardo’s controversial ironing.

He recalled that before “you stepped on your opponent and lifted him up, you hugged him apologizing and that it wasn’t intentional” and continued by saying that today the players they play with the fear of being expelledothers who live in the apartment and asked throw away even those who pretend.

“We all have to help: us, the coaches, the players who drive the referees crazy. Today with VAR, when there is a penalty or a red card, the VAR decides and when they stop a game, they surround the referee and the one who decides is the one who watches television, this causes nervousness, anger and those in the stands, not seeing the play, always think that harm is being done to them.

The bench in Fabra and the reinforcements

The idol Xeneize He showed his support once again Fabra after the expulsion against Fluminense and the boos of Boca fans in home games.

“Fabra could be the best full-back for you and me, but the one who decides is the DT. We are very happy with how Blanco, Saracchi is doing, I love the players we have in our club. I admire the players,” Riquelme said.

He added that he is someone who they want a lot at Boca and that after the final with Fluminense he was beaten. “The coach will choose who he thinks is better, what we want is for the team to compete better and better and you know what I said about Frank.”

He was also happy with the performance of the reinforcements that Boca brought to this market. “We are very happy with the arrival of Zenón, He seems to have been playing for the club for many years.Motto the same and White the same”, and I add it now it’s somewhere else and that he must build the strongest team possible, but later the technician decides.

Paredes, Nández and Torreira, Román’s goals

As for hiring possible international figures, Riquelme said he talks to many players like Gary Medel that “we were waiting if the possibility of a quota appeared and the time was up, I have a very good relationship with Gary Medel and I told him that ‘the quota didn’t present itself, go play somewhere else'”.

Paredes recently said that his dream is to return to Boca. Riquelme, however, does not define it as a dream and said: “It is his decision. When he returns here it will be more his decision than ours.” Another player who has always said he wants to play for Boca is Luca Torreira.

“He fucks with the fact that he wants to play in the Boca shirt, he comes to see Boca every time he is here”, and added that “he wants to play for Boca, but the Turkish club bought him at the end of the year, and he told me ‘I’ve never won’ as much money as I do now and I had to sign, so we’ll see.”

As for Nandez, Riquelme said that it is more complicated, but that it also depends on him because “when you play all the matches in Europe and do well, it becomes difficult to come back”. The Uruguayan plays today in the Cagliari and is captain of the Italian team.

“The two who reach the final will play in the next Libertadores”

Boca won’t play this year Copa Libertadores and yes, he will participate in the South AmericanRiquelme said it is the club’s obligation to compete in all tournaments it plays in. “We have the obligation to compete in all tournaments. We must respect the team with which we faced the Argentine Cup and advance in the South American.”

The president of Boca said that he he prefers to play the Libertadores finalbut “I also think that the two who reach the final should play in the next Libertadores” and he explained that otherwise it is like this “It’s strange that someone eliminated in the round of 16 qualifies”.

Mouth they will have to face Racing In The Bombonera on Saturday at 9.30pm and of that match the Boca president also referred to Roger Martínez: “The way he profiles and controls all the time to face the defender, for me it’s a lot.”

He also referred to another player The Academy and an ex River “Juanfer walks for everyone but hits the ball in a special, different way, he leaves it to his teammate with an advantage, that’s how you play ball.”

Words Juan Roman Riquelme It allows us to shift attention from the bad match against Union and focus on him. However, the team Diego Martinez You cannot continue to downgrade points if you want to qualify for the next instance of the League Cup.