Jorge Amor Ameal a River's Chicana: "Madrid was far away; now La Boca is closer"

Daniel Avellaneda

03/09/2020 - 6:31

• Clarín.com
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Jorge Amor Ameal did not sleep too much after the Super League title. At 8.30 on Sunday, I was already starting to light the fire for the family barbecue. Accompanied by Bibiana, his wife, he received María Verónica and Jorge Amor junior, his children. Also, to his grandchildren Baptist Francisco and Juanita. There were reasons to celebrate at his home in Berazategui. In short, he has just begun his fourth month in front of Boca and has already won a championship. With a plus: he snatched it from River, nothing less.

And perhaps that series of defeats against the superclassic rival has been the impulse that his candidacy needed to defeat Daniel Angelici in the elections of December 8. Also, the presence of Juan Román Riquelme as vice president.

It was a resounding change in every way for the club. If you even enabled an elevator that in recent years had been exclusive to the presidency. That is why at the time of starting the slaughterhouse, the sausages, the blood sausage and even vegetables on his grill, Ameal assured Clarin : "I had not seen the people of Boca so excited for a long time."

-What feeling did this championship leave you?

-I'm living with great joy, but what I liked the most is to see how people celebrated. They were excited, they cried, we returned the joy to Boca . We work every day for this. In the sports, in the cultural, ordering the economy ... It is clear that what is most seen is football and in that sense the rest is minimized. But the best thing that has happened to us is the happiness of the people. I had not lived such a party for years. I felt goals (sic) and Boca championships. But today I am sure that the fan took a weight off. We took the championship to River. Madrid was far away. Now it is closer to La Boca.

Jorge Amor Ameal, president of Boca. Photo: Emmanuel Fernández

- With this title they begin to pay the debts of the falls with River?

-People had a thorn that was already removed. Hopefully it will be Boca's time and that the stage of greatness and triumphs will reach us. Eye, do not enlarge. You have to build little by little. But now you will have to talk more about Boca.

-But there was a lot of talk about River because it prevailed in the last five years.

-It is part of Argentine folklore. They will never listen to me talk about a team other than Boca Juniors. I don't talk about others, I talk about ours. And we are fine.

-Who should we give credit for this Olympic return? Miguel Russo, Carlos Tevez, Riquelme?

-Everybody. The championship is not won by a single person, but a team. The Board of Directors, the players, the coach ... When one of the legs fails, the table falls. We had to lift a team that was beaten. And we have (Raúl) Cascini, el Chelo (Delgado), the Patron (Bermúdez) and Román, who is the great conductor. It was a phenomenon as a player and it is as a leader. They are on top of the squad, like Toto Lorenzo, with the mood pump permanently. We brought Russo, who accommodated everything. He is the king of cold cloths, never a misplaced statement. We lived in turbulence, we went to Ezeiza and we achieved tranquility. And the teacher is a crack . The team ends up running the 90 minutes. To achieve these results, we must work together.

Jorge Amor Ameal, president of Boca. Photo: Emmanuel Fernández

-What percentage of the title corresponds to Alfaro?

-And ... Alfaro is a person that I respect. I think the last statements he made regarding politics were not happy. But I supported the team and the technician, beyond disagreeing with the Angelici Board of Directors. I hope you are happy enjoying this triumph of Boca.

-And now the fan is going to ask you to win the Liberators.

-This involves raising the wand. Every time you earn something, people want more. Look, if a ludo championship is presented, Boca has to win it . But this is a project that will last longer, it is not a champion or anything. Everything is achieved from work, if this does not last anything. Luckily, there is a stage completed in Argentina. The SAD stage, enough of the SAD, enough of the representatives representing all the teams.

-Obviously, you say it for Christian Bragarnik. Why did you cross it in the media?

-To me, in off , technicians and players told me: "What eggs you have". Bragarnik was the privatization arm of the league to reach the teams. You do not need a player representative and much less the bench game, with which we are against.

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