Riquelme was talking about pineapples in Boca and came across a journalist: “Enough, I’ll speak and then answer”

Juan Roman riquelme he chose the cameras ESPN to give his version of the conflict that took place Sunday night in the 0-0 between Boca and Racing where Carlos Zambrano Y Dario Benedetto they got tangled with shots at the interval.

This Tuesday afternoon, after learning of the sanction of both players, the vice president of the Ribera club spoke with reporters from F90 and accepted that the players “had an argument”.

The interview continued with other hot topics, such as the failure to renew Agustín Rossi due to economic differences e hiring of Hugo Ibarra as coach of the First Division team.

One of the reporters Federico Buloasked him if Hugo Ibarra is the definitive manager of Boca or if he is simply an interim.

“Until when does Ibarra have a contract, until tomorrow or until the end of the year?“, Riquelme retorted. And completed:”Then things are very clear, what is not clear is you“.

The atmosphere of tension was building after that first intersection. And Riquelme has bet more. As if it were something personal, the former 10 lashed out at: “Then they told me you said you didn’t know who Ibarra’s technical staff were, right? Ibarra has been managing our Riserva for more than a year, he has won. two championships. He deserved it where he is “.

“But will you continue to be a coach after December?” Bulos wanted to know.

And Riquelme did not break the interruption of the journalist: “Enough, enough, I’ll talk and then answer, if you don’t talk to yourself …”.

Román then followed his bench to Ibarra: “He has led the Reserve for a long time. He has won two championships. The Reserve has not won for more than ten years. After many years he has won two titles. He has earned the place he has today. . We are very happy with him, we would like to play at home as a guest. “

And, along the same lines, he added: “We can’t think about what will happen next year. But we are very happy with the squad we have and the manager we have. He deserved to be where he is. He drove the Reserve more than a year. . He won two titles. He did things very well. He is an idol of our institution. He is the best number 4 in the history of our club. He gave us 4 of 6 cups. “

Riquelme, from farewell to Izquierdoz to the conflict with Rossi

The vice president of Boca was consulted on the departure of Carlos Izquierdoz, who continued his career at Sporting de Gijón. On the 10th he spoke of “sporting” reasons and did not speak specifically of what motivated the departure of the former Lanús but he did so indirectly by underlining the work of Zambrano, his replacement since Ibarra took over the team .

“We had Russo and Battaglia, and Zambrano spent two years acting like a gentleman behind Izquierdoz and Rojo, despite having played every match for the Peruvian national team. Nobody wondered why Zambrano didn’t play. Now there is another coach. who chose Zambrano. I understand his job, but today the decision of the DT is that Zambrano plays, there are not many laps, this is football, “said Román, avoiding referring to Izquierdoz.

The conflict with Rossi and the arrival of Romero

“When Monterrey came for Andrada we had to endure a week when we heard on TV that Boca would be looking for a new goalkeeper. With Miguel Russo and the people of the Council we were sure that the goalkeeper would be Rossi,” Roman began saying when he did. they consulted on Agustín Rossi.

It is worth remembering the unpleasant situation the goalkeeper is going through after a good performance against Racing in Avellaneda. In June of the following year his contract expires and the negotiations with his representative to renew him did not have a good conclusion, so Boca decided to hire Sergio Romero to replace him.

To talk about Rossi, Román chose to start his story by remembering that it was the Football Council that decided that Rossi would take charge of the goal after Esteban Andrada’s departure, when few believed in the possibilities that 1 could take that place. .

“For us it’s not a problem (he has to leave), these are football things. We started talking in March, we offered him to renew until 2026, we were surprised by his rep’s response, we thought we misunderstood 10 days later he was made another very important offer, which his rep made public but told us he would not continue. We will enjoy until June 30th as it should be and we love that people give him their love, nothing happens, “Riquelme described.

And in closing the note, when asked about Cavani, Román clarified once again what he thinks about the “goalkeepers” issue. He described the Uruguayan as a “star” and that those types of “stars” will always make an effort to bring them to Boca, “as we were able to do with Romero,” said JRR.