2023-12-18 04:23:01
Juan roman riquelme He tested his status as the greatest idol in the history of Boca Juniors, andArgentina’s main soccer team. He ran for president of the club and obtained nearly 70% of the votes against Andrés Ibarra. The fight became an event more political than sporting. Behind his rival, was the former president of Boca and Argentina, the right-wing Mauricio Macri, with whom Riquelme never got along during his playing days. The dislike was always mutual, as happened to Macri with Diego Maradona. The duel between the former Boquense 10 and the tycoon aroused passions and excessive attention. Macri dragged the far-right Javier Miley to the dispute. The president went to vote for Ibarra and displayed on social networks a childhood photo of him with the blue and gold jacket as proof of his love for the colors of “half plus one” of the fans of this country. The support had no effect, to the point that a week after assuming the head of state, Milei heard the first boos for reasons partly unrelated to her government.
“What a shame to see images of men who say they are Boca fans, when in reality they are tremendously rude and not spontaneous, insulting the President of the Republic instead of celebrating that he is going to vote for the future of our beloved club,” Macri lamented on his X account. The billionaire abstained from being one of the 44,000 members who participated in the elections and crowned Román, as they usually say, as the new president until 2027. He went to Saudi Arabia before. It was not only a triumph for the former player of the Argentine national team, Barcelona and Villarreal. Macri’s defeat drags his project to create Sports Joint Stock Companies, what Riquelme called the privatization of football.
???? MILEI VOTED. The President entered through another sector with personal custody and stayed for 3 minutes.
As he left, he was whistled by Boca fans, who then sang “The club belongs to the members.”
— Planeta Boca Juniors (@PlanetaBoca) December 17, 2023
Riquelme received unequivocal support from the partners, who accompanied him to the rhythm of “I’m a bostero (because of dung), it’s a feeling, I can’t stop“. The current vice president of Boca assured that he never had doubts about his victory. In recent weeks he led mobilizations with strong political content in the face of the obstacles that his adversaries placed in justice. “People love me a lot and I love the fan a lot. I’m one more, I’m going to die, bostero. It’s a day to enjoy. We are grateful to the fan because it was raining a lot, and many had trouble leaving the house.”
The moment when Juan Román Riquelme entered the Bombonera to vote, surrounded and followed by a hundred fans.
The former midfielder is a candidate for president of #Boca by the ruling party.#EleccionesEnBoca pic.twitter.com/Vn41s84CTV— Pablo Lisotto ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@plisotto) December 17, 2023
La Bombonera is still standing
“The political triumph is so great for Riquelme, that transcends the borders of Boca. The most adventurous are beginning to see him as a potential candidate for the mayorship (the Buenos Aires commune) of Tigre, his city. He sounds rushed. Although it is also true that being president of Boca means having enormous national relevance. In fact, that space served as a springboard for countless leaders on the political map of Argentina,” the newspaper said. The nation. He in turn assured that the former star’s decision to compete for that position was due to Macri’s attempt to want to take back the reins of the club that he headed from the mid-nineties until 2006.
Already as president-elect, Riquelme came out in defense of the continuity of La Bombonera, the legendary stadium that Macri wanted to leave behind with the construction of a new Coliseum, with greater capacity and better technology: “we are hopeful that the fan will follow approaching and stepping on the playing field where Rojitas (Ángel Clemente Rojas), (Diego) Maradona, (Leo) Messi, (Martín) Palermo, (Marcelo)Delgado played… We fans cannot miss that, entering the field game is wonderful.
Ibarrra recognized the victory of the ruling party: “The number is irreversible. The winners will have to drive to Boca in the coming years. I ask the members and the winners that Boca has to be above everything and everyone, and the values that we have to continue maintaining with transparency and teamwork. We have to recover Boca. “Based on all this, the Boca family cannot be divided again.”
Ibarra wanted to name Palermo, the former Villarreal, as coach. Riquelme never tired of assisting him on the field of play. Palermo’s goals almost always came from his feet. But they both hate each other. The winner of the elections will place Diego Martínez, who served as coach of Huracán, at the head of the professional team.
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