2024-05-02 03:01:00
The president of Boca, Juan Román Riquelme, sought to downplay the team’s elimination in the penalty shootout against Estudiantes by pointing out that “there is no need to dramatize it,” because “football is like that, you win and you lose.”
“We have to congratulate Estudiantes, who are in the final, they deserve it. I think we had a great first half and that the second half was even. Then they accommodated themselves in a play. Football has that, you win by scoring goals “Riquelme said in statements to the press after the match played in Córdoba.
The “xeneize” president highlighted the initial stage that the team did, in which it was superior to its rival, and placed Carlos Lema on the red and the subsequent penalty that allowed Estudiantes to draw as the turning point of the match. “In the first half the team did well, they missed many goals. But in a second everything changed. Penalty and expulsion. It’s soccer, it’s the most beautiful sport in the world. Let’s not dramatize everything,” he asked. “It’s always like this when Boca loses, when others lose they don’t ask, when Boca loses it’s a drama. Let’s not dramatize, guys,” he insisted.
In the middle of that explanation, Riquelme regretted that Boca, the Ribera team had not been able to qualify for the final of the League Cup: “We had the hope of reaching the final. But it didn’t happen. Estudiantes must be congratulated now Velez too.” At the same time, he was measured when evaluating the penalties, which this time turned his team’s back. “Students kicked better, this is how it is. Sometimes we were going to miss more penalties than the other. We missed a lot before. There was one that hit the post and went out. Another one that was left to (Cristian) Medina and they took it over the line “It’s a game too. Now we have to continue,” he remarked.
“What is true is that one dreams of winning the championship, we will try again. We are grateful to the people, the Boca fans are beautiful, but I think the team has good moments. In the first half they had them, also in the classic, that makes people excited. Although we also know that we have to improve,” he remarked, while ironically regarding the analyzes made on the teams’ performance and results: “Argentine football is strange, yes. “If you play badly and win a lot, it is valued, but if you play well and don’t win, you are criticized.”