Boca Juniors: Pergolini’s dart in the Council for the departure of Izquierdoz

Carlos Izquierdoz will leave Boca Juniors to join the Sports Gijon from Spain. The departure of the former captain was expected after disagreements with the Football Council, led by Riquelme, around the collection of some prizes that were due to him. The subsequent elimination in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores against Corinthians fueled the fire.

This Friday his departure was anticipated by Mauricio Serna in a televised interview and many fans shouted to heaven about a situation they considered unfair and even dared to criticize the decision.

But the issue has also become political and Pergolini himself took the opportunity to post himself on his Instagram account. First thanking the defender for his five years at Boca and then complaining about the modalities of his separation from him. Xeneize.

“A thousand thanks. For the titles. For not having gone to the national team for giving priority to the club. To be a fundamental part of the central defense, “wrote the journalist and entrepreneur of the defender who will now continue his career in the Second Division of Spain. It is clear that for him the Cali was fundamental in the structure of the Xeneize.

Finally, he lamented the forms. The player was dismissed from the starting team by Hugo Ibarra against San Lorenzo and, after that match, he was no longer called up: “Too bad you left like that. Good luck.”

Mario Pergolini he resigned from the vice president of Boca due to differences with Riquelme and the Football Council. And, whenever he can, he never misses an opportunity to show his disagreement with the club’s management. It was over, but the quiver appears to be full.

Cali to Spain

Former Boca Juniors captain Carlos Izquierdoz will leave the club in the next few hours and continue his career at Sporting de Gijón, in the second division of Spain. This Friday, Mauricio Serna, a member of the Football Council led by Juan Román Riquelme, confirmed this on television.

“He has asked us for a transfer and has a very clear possibility of going to play for Sporting de Gijón. In the next few hours the whole matter will be closed so that Izquierdoz can continue his career in Spain,” the Colombian announced.

Izquierdoz, 33, came into conflict with Boca’s professional football managers after being eliminated in the Copa Libertadores round of 16 due to an argument over the team’s prizes on 4 July, the day before the rematch with Corinthians. from Brazil to La Bombonera.

The defender was listed as one of the leaders of that claim and has since been removed from the starting team by order of Hugo Ibarra, then interim DT, in what has been interpreted as an imposition by management.

Cali occupied the substitutes bench in the San Lorenzo classic and received strong support from subcaptain Marcos Rojo, who took the tape off and went straight to hug him when he scored a goal in the New Gasometer.

After that game, lost 2-1 by Boca, Izquierdoz was no longer called up by Ibarra – already ratified as manager until the end of the year – due to a sore foot.

The center-scorer will anticipate his departure from Boca – he has a contract until December 31 – to face his second stint in foreign football after joining Santos Laguna in Mexico between mid-2014 and 2018.

During his four seasons at Ribera, Izquierdoz won five national titles and reached the 2018 Copa Libertadores final, which he lost to River Plate in Madrid.