Rojo’s hug to Izquierdoz: what lies behind the gesture that shook Boca World and reveals its internal crisis

Marcos Rojo’s hug with Carlos Izquierdoz stokes the flames. Is that, ultimately, it is a challenge for the football board led by Juan Roman Riquelme. Because the captain’s farewell is due to a fight for the prizes, beyond the irregularities of the central defender. And in case there was any doubt, it was clear in the defender’s gesture that he wore the bracelet yesterday.

There’s a warm interior in Boca which exploded with the elimination of the Copa Libertadores and the expulsion of Sebastián Battaglia. Today the referents and the idol vice president face off. In the middle, the fans suffer because the continental dream ended on a Black Tuesday night at the Bombonera, the day in which Darío Benedetto missed two penalties. Immediately after Monday’s match was revealed, when there was a discussion about the incentives players should receive to reach the quarter-finals. Then, the harangue of the TubeThat who noted that they had been treated as “losers”.

An explosive combo that showed Boca’s worst side. On and off the pitch. Due to the poor level of the team plagued by players who seemed to play with the handbrake and for the breaking of the guest locker room. They tore up the wallpaper with pictures of the 2014 Libertadores champion and some lockers. “It is a great irresponsibility”, complained the president of San Lorenzo, Horacio Arreceygor, who also filed a complaint in the Professional Soccer League.

The coach and the players left the New Gasometer without making any statements.

the only voice xeneize was heard before the game. So, Jorge Bermúdez talked about Izquierdoz’s departure and tried to justify it. “I suggest you have respect,” he told reporters waiting in the anteroom of the locker room. Everyone at Boca does their job, it seems that all the decisions they make in the club are disrespectful. Why don’t they ask about (Exequiel) Zeballos, who also left the team? The Cali fell like another on campus, like the ape. Decisions are made by our technical staff and we support them”He stressed.

No one can be surprised to do without the boy from Santiago, who had a bad performance against Corinthians. Putting the captain down and having an interim coach do it made a noise. Especially since his contract expires at the end of the year. And although he could have executed an exit clause, he preferred to continue. He feels, then, that they didn’t pay for him with the same coin.

Izquierdoz’s only expression was given on Friday on social networks. “In 15 years of playing football I have never had any problems with anyone (except Mineiro). Don’t believe everything that is said, “he said. Cali on your Instagram account. And she added: “If I agreed to stay until December it was only because I wanted to win the Cup and the same goes for my colleagues. Too bad it didn’t happen but I don’t want to leave and that they think things that are not.

But Bermúdez, having said that, was energetic. Since we arrived, it seems that at Boca we make all the negative decisions ourselves, but when they win the coaching staff deserves the title. It would be nice if, when winning and losing, whoever should take the lead”Shouted the Patron.

And it seemed to throw a stick at Battaglia. “The result has nothing to do with reinforcements, we continue to think we have the best squad in Argentina,” he said when asked about the sentence of the outgoing coach, who spoke of a lack of aggression of leaders to go to the market.

Battaglia greeted fans via Instagram on Friday night. Then he left a series of thanks “to the players, my coaching staff, all the staff, the athletes, the medical staff, the nutritionists and the psychologists, for their contribution and commitment in helping me reach my goals. I don’t want to stop thanking my family and friends who have always accompanied and supported me.

He never mentioned the Football Council. And he assured, in another point of the letter: “I am convinced of this project that unfortunately they didn’t let me continue“. The statements made at the post Corinthians press conference ended up condemning him. Inside the doors, they didn’t like each other and determined their exit, as he said Clarione.

In this context, the fans complain through this virtual grandstand that is Twitter. There is a state of great tension both with the Council and with the players.

Meanwhile, Riquelme evaluates which steps to follow. And according to the chat he sent to reporter Jorge Rial, he doesn’t seem desperate. “We have not yet decided on a manager for Boca. We are talking to each other. We already know which manager profile we want. We are not in a hurry for the technician ”, was the message.

Is there a possibility that Ibarra will remain in office until the end of the championship, as happened with Battaglia himself after the sacking of Miguel Russo? Anything can be in the hectic Boca World. The names are many. From Tigre Gareca to Martín Palermo. Nothing is certain, only that Boca has entered a spiral of conflicts from which it is difficult to escape.