Matías Bustos Milla
06/21/2020 - 22:15
- Clarín.com
- sports
This Sunday, June 21, he was pierced by nostalgia for the Boca fans. It is the 20th anniversary of the Copa Libertadores title that the club won at the hands of Carlos Bianchi against Palmeiras, in Brazil, and that allowed the team to start a journey full of international success. And it was Juan Román Riquelme who was in charge of bringing together all the 2000 historical figures in an unusual move from their social networks.
In the Instagram account of Diez (@ todosobreRomán10), legends and videos of each of the footballers who participated throughout that Libertadores were uploaded. From the saves of Oscar Córdoba to the feelings of Jorge Bermúdez when kicking the decisive penalty. The gaze of José Basualdo , Cristian Traverso and Sebastián Battaglia in the midfield and even the participation of Marcelo Delgado , Martín Palermo and Guillermo Barros Schelotto. It was a reunion.
Even Bianchi, who for years has not been open to public statements, sent his regards. " The group was the most important thing for me. For a team to achieve what it wants, it must have an intelligent group that knows very well that we all need each other. Congratulations," were the words of the Viceroy , the builder of a team that He had already won two local titles and he began to reign in America.
It was not by chance the medium that was chosen for the memory. Instead of doing it from Boca's accounts, it was done from Riquelme's. And there surnames like Palermo, Barros Schelotto or Traverso appeared, with whom there were short circuits in the past. It was, after all, a first step for the great desire of the Ten : to reunite all those who made Boca great.
Boca players celebrate the Libertadores 2000..Photo: AP
"It was a Cup very desired by everyone, by a team with a winning mentality. It was a very big challenge and it was a Cup that we have enjoyed very much," said Palermo, who had a minor but impressive participation: he reappeared with a goal to River and He kicked one of the penalties in Brazil, less than a year from what had happened with the National Team in the 1999 Copa América, in which he had failed three times in the same game from the twelve steps.
Riquelme's message was in tune. "I want to thank my teammates for all the videos they sent. We have been fortunate those of Boca, because in 1998 our coach arrived and together with his coaching staff taught us how to compete and convinced us that we could be the best . He was the one who made Boca fans believe that winning the Cup is easy. Bianchi was to blame for all that and we, fortunate to have it, "said Roman.
"I want to send a big kiss to the coaching staff, to all that wonderful team and I send a big hug to the Boca fans," closed his video and the day the club's second vice president. A wink to everyone. A mime to memory. The Ten brought Boca together.
