Sebastián Battaglia broke his silence after leaving Boca: “I don’t know why I stopped being a coach”

For the first time since his messy expulsion from Boca Juniors, Sebastián Battaglia broke his silence and complained about the way he was expelled from the club. He also talked about his relationship with Juan Román Riquelme, referred to the Football Council and appreciated the affection shown by the fans.

“When they told me that I was going to be the manager of Boca, of course I accepted it, they came to my house. And I would have liked it to be different in the end. Come to my house, let’s talk a little more. This is the part that hurts. When he became a coach they came to my house, we talked about it, but they had already decided. I don’t know why I stopped being a techniciannor did I ask why they went to look for me ”, he expressed in a face to face with Alejandro Fantino for American TV.

Regarding his relationship with Riquelme, he stressed: “At another time we shared many teams, campus. Maybe I covered my back and did the dirty work to generate others, and Román was one of them. Maybe the way it hurt me, the way it. You are a little hurt by how it happened, after all we all want good for Boca. “

“I would have liked to have talked a little more about football with Román during my time at the club. He talked more with those of the CDF. Maybe it hurts how it all happened, how it progressed and how it ended. Indeed, I have not spoken to Roman since my departure, nor to the Council“, to complete.

And he attacked the members of the Football Council: “They will have to explain because they made the decisions they made.

Regarding the controversy that arose following the claim of reinforcements made by him after being eliminated in the second round of Copa Libertadores against Corinthians, he acknowledged: “it was out of placeAnd it should have been some other time. But it was an answer to a question, and it was something I was talking about inside the club. “

All quotes by Sebastian Battaglia

– The affection of the fans: “I get a lot of love from people, not just from Boca and this makes me feel good. I have been in the club since I was 15, now I’m 41 and I retired at 32”.

– Its time in Boca: “Being DT from Boca is not easy. But I liked it and I liked it a lot. And my family had its side of suffering, my wife, my children, my parents, my brothers. They all lived that phase intensely and they also had fun because we had two goals and they also knew how to have fun “.

– The controversy over his request for reinforcements: “I raised everything, always, everything. Then it was a question to which I answered, at no time did I feel that I would also offend my players. Those who feel moved … I take charge of things, of elimination” Perhaps the answer was dated, timeless. It could have been at another time. But the question was raised earlier, it was raised. I was proud of the game we played, we made mistakes and I take responsibility. “

– Operation of the equipment: “The truth is that they didn’t tell me (why they fired him), nor did I ask why they fired me. These are things that have to happen, it’s their decisions and beliefs. I have my beliefs, my ways of seeing things and I accept the decisions that need to be made, even though I appreciate the work we are doing. We were strong at group level, we were improving in football. “

– The rules he imposed on campus: “We as team leader, in this case my TC and I, establish rules to get along, which must be respected. Values ​​that a team must have. From there we were clear: respect, responsibility, commitment, professionalism Who does not he will want to be here, I have repeated several times, it will have its consequences “.

– The future of your career: “My career has just begun and the Boca thing is already a closed phase. From now on I want to continue growing and looking for possibilities. The idea is always to have other possibilities. I would analyze the projects, what idea do you have the club, where he wants to go “.