His approval was lacking, even if it was a mere formality.
Juan Román Riquelme
made official this Tuesday that on March 25 he will be at the La Cerámica stadium to be part of the
Legends match that Villarreal of Spain
organized as part of the celebrations for the first centenary of his life.
It was through a video in which he appeared greeting the fans, but in which he also recalled the
"infinite magic"
that he displayed with the 'Yellow Submarine' shirt.
"I want to congratulate our club on one hundred years, thank you for the invitation on March 25. It will be a great honor for me to return to El Madrigal, which is now called the La Cerámica stadium. Send a very, very big kiss to all the fans, they are missed, we will see each other soon"
, assured the current vice president of Boca, dressed in the 'Xeneize' sweater.
Along with Riquelme, players such as
Andres Palop
, the Argentines
Gonzalo Rodríguez
and
Juan Pablo Sorín
,
Marco Senna
,
Bruno Soriano
,
Diego Forlán
,
Moises García León
,
Rubén Gracia '
Cani',
Josico
,
Héctor Font
and
Javi Venta
have also confirmed their presence .
The ex-soccer player's message closed a compilation of almost a minute of his best actions with Villarreal, where he played 145 games, scored 45 goals and provided 49 assists at a time when the club went from being a modest team in Spain to being in the semifinals of the Champions League.
There, as in Boca, he is an idol
.
The appointment also coincides with the FIFA date on which the different teams will have friendly matches.
But also with
the draw for the Copa Libertadores in Asunción
, a place to which he was also invited and with which, through connections, he could arrive from Spain to accompany President
Jorge Ameal
and Secretary General
Ricardo Rosica
.
Because the idea is to travel to Europe not only to play for Villarreal: Riquelme knows that the World Cup opened the eyes of the soccer planet for young Argentines and that in the mid-year transfer window proposals will come from everywhere by Alan Varela. , Ezequiel Fernández, Luca Langoni, Valentín Barco and also Luis Vázquez, just to mention some of the kids from Boca Predio who were promoted at this time and who already had polls from different places.
Mateo Retegui also has chances to emigrate to Europe and Boca still retains 50 percent of his pass (the other half must be paid by Tigre at 2.5 million dollars).
If Román flies, it will be to play outside and inside the field, now in his new managerial role.
This invitation also goes hand in hand with a series of proposals that Boca has been receiving in recent times for different tours that could not be carried out due to the pandemic and that later, due to the compression of the calendar, were discarded.
Now even from the low it slips that one (or both?) pending finals against River could be sold abroad: Miami, Arabia and Qatar are some of the destinations mentioned.
Also China, although its remoteness would upset the plans to do it in the middle of the season and again it would be postponed until the end of the year or the beginning of 2024.
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