Riquelme spoke to ESPN.
Boca’s victory against Racing for the League Cup semifinals has received comments of all kinds. But most of them are focused on the Xeneize team game. The truth is, Battaglia’s men were dominated by Gago’s tactical device for nearly ninety minutes of the match and the penalties put them in meaning for next Sunday against the Tigers, in Córdoba. “it is mouth“, DT responded when they told him that his team hadn’t kicked the goal throughout the match. And he made sure his team knew how to play those games. Cali Izquierdoz explained that” it has to happen as before. “And Varela’s words are in the same direction:”We are in another final because we are Boca, the biggest thing there“.
Two days after the meeting, with the pass to the final in his pocket, Juan Román Riquelme allowed himself to talk about the critique and commentary on Boca’s success. And it started like this: “For us it’s important to reach the final. I’m not mad, when a team game isn’t good I admit. But I didn’t feel the same euphoria when he did it right. And Boca is playing well. In Always Ready he clearly won. In Defense, with a coach who works well and has been here for a long time, he played a great game. Against Tigre, who is another finalist, he played another great match. “
In his second paragraph, Román mentions the impact that, according to him, being the manager of Boca means: “We have been at the club for two and a half years and we know that all the achievements of Boca has to be made small and all the problems are to make them bigger. It’s part of the game. “
“We always want to go all the way and we’re happy to play another game this Sunday,” he said on ESPN’s F-Team show.
Later, Diego Monroig asked him how he sees him playing and what kind of team Xeneize is on the field. True to his style, JR hit a mate and replied: “We see the team calmly. For two and a half years the team has been competing well. We have been lucky enough to win once and now we are in the final again. It is Of course, Argentine soccer is very difficult, but to hear that Boca is the worst player … because, from Monday to Friday he performs the worst: Boca must be the last, resistant to relegation table. Then, they are always the same good plays, but they should be in the final. Tiger was late because he did so well, I have no doubt. And we’re enjoying it, ”Román said sarcastically.
Here, one by one, are all the topics JR touched on in the ESPN interview.
Against Lanús they wanted me to wear my shorts
“Eight years ago I stopped playing football and I didn’t want to wear shorts. But the day Boca played against Lanús was something wonderful. I haven’t heard them sing for very long, I have to thank them and I have to ask them to always do it that way. It made me want to put on my shorts. The bombonera is nice when the fans sing. It’s like the days when it rains and people sing because they’re already wet. is incredible, wonderful, Boca fans are incredible. Tomorrow our stadium will surely be filled and hopefully the boys will enjoy and have a good game “.
In the hierarchy and times of the players
“We have players of good quality, but we accept things calmly. We know Darío is from Spain and plays a bit, but he gives us joy, he competes hard. He is very happy with club. Romero is in Paraguay without playing and Salvio he’s improving, after the knee injury … it’s not easy to injure his knee and listen to TV, in four months he’ll be back. “It’s in the back and the people standing don’t notice it. But when it comes to Salvio, it’ll take a while because he wants to dribble. He feels lighter and I’m very happy. But we still have to say that we are. I’m a good team.”
I was happier when I won the election than when we beat Real Madrid
“I’m happier than before because the fans sent me back to the club. I went to the field before because the coach decided. But now I’m back because they chose me. The Boca fan is crazy, they love me so much. Boca fan me. Boca just like them. I love this club just like them. And now it’s their club. They decided to be here and, in 18 months, they will do it again. “For the first time it was shown that the fans owned the club and they will decide. I hope they make me last longer. We’ve been here 2 and a half years, every day passes. Boca fans are happy, they have a lot of trust in us and they should know that we will take good care of the club, we love it, we are here all day. Forty -two thousand voted. The next must be fifty thousand. The day we beat Real Madrid, along with my teammates, we reached the top. But the day I won the election, I was happier, because the fans chose me. “
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