Boca won a vital game to stay alive in the Copa Libertadores. Juan Román Riquelme went to Bolivia to bank the team in the 1-0 win over Always Ready and the madness broke out when he landed in Ezeiza along with the rest of the squad. “I love you’re the most”, The fans who were at the airport yelled at him as soon as they saw the now vice president walking with his suitcase.
This is how Roman arrived in Ezeiza
Riquelme lent himself to absolutely all the photos and then continued walking to the bus, where the players were already. He did not want to speak to the media that were present even though they tried to get a few words out of him. With the victory in La Paz, Xeneize reached 6 points and finished second in Group E of the Copa Libertadores. It is one of the most even zones, since Corinthians leads with 7, followed by Boca, Deportivo Cali appears third with 5 and Always Ready last with 4.
Boca’s word for the gifts to the referees: “We always do it”
Bermúdez and the theme of gifts.
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Mouth took a breath nothing less than in the height. He achieved a key victory to accommodate himself in the group and, as Patron Bermúdez said the next day from the Xeneize venue in Buenos Aires, “15 days ago it was a storm, now it seems that the sun is coming out.” However, there is a controversy: the club’s present to the referees, denounced by leaders of Always Ready. “We always do it,” they say from the club.
“I always like to talk about serious, important things, and I’m going to tell you the truth, so that everyone knows. Since we are in Boca, as a Council, in each match we have the courtesy and delicacy of giving a present to the arbitration body, in all the matches that we are, there are witnesses. With height or dignity, we never went to ask for the shirt because they were wrong and we are not going to go now, ha. The situation makes me laugh,” explained Bermúdez.
And El Patron, a strong man in the club, continued: “We as the Football Council have always given presents to the refereeing body, we have done so since the beginning of our cycle. We have not taken precautions to avoid making a present that is simply a shirt, and wish you the best of luck.”
From the Bolivian team they were in charge of denouncing the matter, considering it inappropriate, due to alleged packages from Boca that appeared in the referees’ locker room. “We make public a complaint made by a police officer of having seen Boca Juniors leaders who would have given gifts to the referees,” declared the president of Always Ready.
Given that, Boca was quick to respond: “We were on our way to the plane when our press officers told us ‘look what’s happening’. It made us curious but more because it was a situation of something that was incredible”completed Bermúdez in terms of the subject and the striking situation.
More phrases from Bermúdez:
Arbitration: “Normal, it seemed normal to me, I did not see an abnormal situation. We have never characterized ourselves by talking about details. The penalty play is difficult, the goalkeeper comes out quickly, collides with the player and the ball, going out to signal a referee without VAR is unfair. It seemed like normal arbitration to me.”
“It is very difficult to play there, to understand how to play on such a complicated pitch. The team did very well, there were very high performances, I loved the work of the defense, serious work in midfield, the level that we have up front. There is a team that continues to grow.”
“In Boca each match is the most important and each match is the first and the last, we got used to it that way. 15 days ago it was a storm, now it seems like the sun is coming out although it’s cool. We have believed in the development of the coaching staff, their work, their thoughts, and at the level of the players, we understand that the more games they play, the better they feel. This continues, another game on Saturday. The coaching staff and the players had been thinking about that game and today almost without sleeping They’re training.”
