Juan Román Riquelme spoke and that is news. The vice president of Boca does not usually give notes and chose to chat with TyC Sports to address different topics in the preview of the Copa Libertadores duel against Racing, the rematch of the quarterfinals after the 0-0 in the Bombonera. The former footballer spoke about the arrival of Edinson Cavani to the club and defended his management at the head of the institution, where he aims to be re-elected in December. But one of the most tense moments of the dialogue came when the investigation for ticket resale and illicit association involving his brother Cristian Riquelme was mentioned.
"The political background behind all this everyone realizes. These three and a half years were a dream. We returned to being a football club, people go happily to the Bombonera, which is beautiful, and the team always competes, "began Román, before getting fully into the controversy that arose from Tribunals.
"People are already clear about what is happening, all the bosteros know that this lady may have a problem with the fans of Boca. The other day before Platense again they went to the stadium, with long guns. That is an issue, "said Riquelme, referring to the raids on Thursday 17, and alluding to the prosecutor Celsa Ramírez, pointed out by the xeneize environment for an old comment on social networks in which she mocked the club of La Ribera.
Juan Román Riquelme, in conversation with TyC Sports. Photo: Capture TV.
And he continued: "On the other hand, this person sent my son to testify during the pandemic, I don't know if you remember. And this is already my issue: I do not know if he has any problem with the Riquelme. Because then he had my brother's house raided. What I have to ask this lady with all respect is that she return the computer that she took from my brother's house because it is that of her 3-year-old daughter, which she uses to watch the videos and uses it to dance. I don't know if this lady has children but if she had them, she should understand. The girl has nothing to play with."
"The bosteros are clear that (the prosecutor) has a problem with our field, our fans, because she is always looking for something. It's going to be a fun year for me. I am very clear that they are going to be dirtying me everywhere, they already did it when I was a football player. They have sold me like a devil but then time puts things in their place, "said the former hitch of the Argentine National Team.
"I am a normal person, from Don Torcuato, who was a footballer and Boca is my life. I'm happy to be at this club. Thank God I am not drunk, nor a drug addict nor a timbero, with all due respect to people who are going through some illness. Because otherwise they would have said everything about me. I have two very big vices, which is to drink mate and eat roasts, "he said with a smile, as if to give closure to the subject.
And about the end he added: "They entered my brother's house, they played hard. Imagine how I have the family that when I told my son he started laughing. They take it easy because they understand everything, their mom is happy because she knows how things are and Maria (her own mother) too. The game is dirty and dirty, as they did all their lives."