“I get upset”. Juanfer told why Riquelme disappointed him, opened the door to a return to River and revealed why he did not play in Boca

Juan Fernando Quintero It is the different card that Racing has in attack. Today all the Academy fans are excited about every pass or shot by the Colombian creative, but on his resume he proudly displays a milestone that is impossible to ignore: the goal wearing the River shirt, in Madrid, in the famous final of the 2018 Copa Libertadores against Boca. For River fans, even though he already uses their colors, Juanfer is enshrined as an idol forever.

The midfielder, who is recovering from a knee problem and hopes to be fit to face the Avellaneda classic, next Saturday, against Independiente, was interviewed by YouTuber Ezzequiel, in a talk in which he left several spicy statements, about all referring to Juan roman riquelme. The thing is that the Colombian did not like some past statements by the current president of Boca, in which he feels that he belittled that great goal that established him in Madrid.

Juanfer Quintero celebrates his great goal against Boca in MadridAP

“Juan Román had some mean words with me, but I’m not interested… It really bothered me because it came from him. You don’t expect players like that to discriminate against you or take credit for something. I think that one always has to leave the colors aside and agree with the one who is right,” said Juanfer, who had surprised with his choice when he was asked about his favorite between Riquelme and Aimar: “I am more of a Riquelme, but there are two phenomena.”

Juanfer’s disappointment has to do with some words that Riquelme had uttered shortly after Boca’s defeat in that Libertadores final, in which he seemed to downplay not only River’s victory but also the Colombian’s great goal. “There are things that go further… A great goal from Quintero, who is going to kick again and will never put it again in the place where he scored the goal the other day. It’s a game, we have competed, we have scored three goals, we have had things that were not in our favor: an expulsion in extra time, an injury to Gago, those things are not handled,” Román had expressed. Juanfer took note and in the last hours he hinted that those sayings of the xeneize idol still hurt him. “At one point I felt bad, he probably spoke out of emotion. But hey, look how life is… then I put two of the same ones in. I have nothing against him, but the goals spoke,” Juanfer said.

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Destiny immortalized Juanfer Quintero as Boca’s executioner, but the story could have been different, as he himself told in the interview, since at one point he was about to wear the blue and gold shirt. “The intermediary was Iván Ramiro Córdoba, who had a relationship with Guillermo [Barros Schelotto, entonces DT xeneize]. But there was an issue of quotas and they leaned towards Wilmar Barrios. It was written,” revealed the Colombian.

Inevitable, it was also his reference to a possible return to the Millionaire. The 31-year-old midfielder left the door open: “At the time I said no, but the love is so great that, if both parties want it and I am there to contribute, I would return to River. Why not? If it happens the third time and everything is fine, I would return one hundred percent,” said Juanfer, who had two periods in the Núñez club (2018-2020 and 2022).

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Juanfer then dedicated a few words to his present at Racing, where the Academy fans celebrate his every intervention. “Not only the fans are excited, but also me, the group. We are competing well, respecting our rivals, but we want to win. We go step by step and we have an incredible hunger for glory. We have an international cup and it would be something very nice to win something like that for Racing, we have that in mind,” the Colombian enthused.

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