Riquelme and the historic gesture for Macri.
That Riquelme that Topo Gigio made in Macri did not tolerate an economic discussion with the campus representatives. Izquierdoz and Zeballos did not play against San Lorenzo. El Canguito is a kid and doesn’t count in this matter but Cali is the captain and was one of the rumors of that pre-match meeting with Corinthians. Is it credible that he left the team for “technical reasons”, as Ibarra claimed? The Magi are the fathers.
“They treated us like losers, so let’s show these motherfuckers that we want to win.””, Benedetto harangued his comrades in the Bombonera tunnel. Pipa had also been to the meeting of discord and had had his fateful night against the Brazilians.
There was another happier night, before other Brazilians, 21 years ago Boca won the Libertadores against Palmeiras in the Parque Antártica. Days before the players had had a strong clash with Orlando Salvestrini, a man of weight in the macrista management of the club. Salvestrini was not very diplomatic e he said campus would have to go to the psychologist. Impossible to forget that party in the Palmeiras locker room. Bermúdez read a statement from the players repudiating the leader’s statements. And then the celebration began with Chicho Serna leading the song “We dedicate it to all the motherfuckers on the commission”, dressed in a T-shirt with the words “Salvestrini to the psychologist”. He sang Riquelme, standing on one of the benches.
El Chicho Serna with its sour dedication. Photo: Ale Gómez (Clarin Archive)
Two decades later, Riquelme, Bermúdez and Serna are offended by Benedict’s screams. And they did not tolerate Marcos Rojo celebrating his goal against San Lorenzo by embracing Izquierdoz running towards his exile on the bench.
Riquelme said yesterday: “Things are going well”. Ibarra said yesterday: “Izquierdoz’s departure was a technical decision”. While introducing Ibarra as a confirmed coach until December, Bermúdez said yesterday “we are happy”, evading a question about the Rojo-Izquierdoz hug.
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Would the footballer Riquelme have tolerated the Boca president getting off the campus from the bus to make him a Filipina in the locker room? He is sure that Boca was robbed of the Libertadores last year. “We won both games against Mineiro”, is its success in the media. Why did you fire Russo, then? He turned to Battaglia, who won two titles but failed to win the Cup. He was fired during a meeting at a gas station. Would the Riquelme player have agreed to meet a leader in a YPF?
Daniel Lagares
Source: Clarin
