Boca is always a volcano

Atletico Tucumán is the pointer, the big surprise of the tournament Professional League. Now he has to face Boca, in the Bombonera. To this conflicting Bocabewildered to play, perhaps the bearer of an internal crisis that Juan Roman riquelmethe unequivocal driver of football in the club, denies or minimizes.

The real thing, the numerical thing, is that the team is 10th in the standings (they won the last match against Defense and Justice, with a goal per hour from Luis Vazquez’s wrong shot) and added six losses in 15 games, with seven wins and two draws. But most importantly, the equipment does not have visible operation.

He was fired Sebastiano Battaglia after removing the Libertadores Cup – an old obsession long postponed – by the Brazilian Corinthians, perhaps without deserving it, but with a capital failure of Dario Benedetto in the penalty that defined the series, as well as having wasted another entry during the game.

With the dismissal of Battaglia (a TD with little experience) another situation similar to that of his appointment followed. took the place Hugo Ibarra, coach of the Reserve, as his predecessor had been. Without any take in First. Shortly after his debut, he excludes from the starting lineup Carlos Izquierdoz, the team captain, a player with good performances and much loved by his teammates. It was not very credible that the decision had been made by football and the manager, when a discussion about the signing of an awards agreement that had been going on for months, with Riquelme, his Soccer Council and some referents became public.

Then the inconvenience for the game was added the greater rarefaction in the intimacy of the locker room. The departure of Edoardo Salvio – as a free player – when a failed agreement was requested a few days before the expiration of his contract. Y the situation became more tense when the economic differences with the goalkeeper arose Agostino Rossi who still has a contract until mid-2023. And to carry out a fight between Benedetto (he hit him with a punch that marked him) and Carlos Zambrano, on their way to the locker room, at the interval that forced two matches of disqualification.

The economic methods used in Boca are strict. A sum is fixed and is not negotiated. Whoever decides, in the end, is Riquelme, but all those who argue are former players. This is the funny thing. President Jorge Love Ameal does not participate in these tasks. Meanwhile, she took over Sergio Romerogoalkeeper for many years in the Argentina national team, to replace Rossi who – by dint of parrying penalties – was becoming an idol of the people. And the release of him can be very controversial.

Here’s how things stand in Boca. To such an extent that this match with Atlético Tucumán leader assumes superlative relevance. A defeat would almost definitively eliminate Ibarra’s team from the title race. And it would add to the latent conflict.

A triumph could calm the waters. Boca is already qualified for the next Libertadores, the last one before the year-end elections. This is football. But the popularity surpasses all levels of repercussion. It is always a volcano. Riquelme, the great idol, has been living an experience in an unknown environment for two and a half years. And he takes it in his way. No concession. And the story continues …