2023-08-10 05:17:17
08/10/2023 12:17 p.m. Updated to 08/10/2023 00:28hs.
It was a July 9, 2014, national holiday in Argentina for the day of independence. That Wednesday, against the Netherlands (then it was called Holland and nobody got angry) in the semifinals of the World Cup in Brazil, Sergio Romero listened to the famous harangue by Javier Mascherano: “Today you become a hero”. A year later, Chiquito was once again the little boy in the movie. It was on August 9, 2023, against Nacional from Uruguay, when he became enormous in the penalty shootout to put Boca in the quarterfinals. Yes, the story continues… And so he became the Libra Attitude player.
“What I live is an immense joy, one has his trajectory, but you come to Boca and they welcome you with open arms, for one that is important. I am grateful to those who gave me this opportunity, to Román, to everyone, because I want to give my best for Boca”, said Romero after another historic night.. Although he could not do anything in Nacional’s first goal of the game, in the second he left a short rebound. Although he always stands out on penalties, a confidence that is transmitted to his teammates and, of course, to the fans. While other teams suffer and sweat when it is necessary to define from the 12 steps, in Boca there is confidence because a certain Romero is there…
He doesn’t like to suffer…
“I don’t know if I dreamed of this, the truth is that I like my teammates to score goals and that they don’t score goals for me. But hey, I had to give a hand in penalties, but it’s nice when this happens because there is a team that I work with every dayI work with people who love me, who make me feel good and that is why we are always going to shoot to put Boca at the top, “explained the Chaco phenomenon…
Chiquito flies to cover a key penalty. (Argentina). EFE/ Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
And Chiquito stopped on the lime line while the Brazilian referee insisted that he not get ahead. He flew in the first penalty to the left and blocked it from Ramírez. He jumped to the right to cover it up for Bocanegra. Since he arrived at Xeneize, he has covered six penalties out of 11 that were kicked against him. And, in his career, he has 21 saved shots. An animal. “We suffered more because with the 1-0 we played well, but this is football. In the second half we had several situations, but we lacked putting it. The important thing is that we get through,” said the hero.
a specialist
Since he started in Inferior in Racing, Chiquito stood out in penalties. At the age of sixth, he covered three penalties just before Boca to be champion. He has an aura that accompanies him in the 12 steps. And it can be seen that they had faith, according to what Jorge Almirón recounted: “Chiquito told us in the previous talk that he was going to save two penalties, it is a great job for the goalkeeper coach and he talks about teamwork.” Yes, he was a hero again and a Libra Attitude player.
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