Boca’s farewell message for Negro Ibarra

And the institutional announcement arrived. Although on Tuesday night Boca had already announced the departure of Hugo Ibarra officially through the words of Chicho Serna, a man from the Riquelme Council, this time the club extended it on its social networks. And so, he ended the DT cycle.

“For your commitment, responsibility and two stars for our story. Thank you Negro!”, the club published on its networks, with three hearts in the colors of Boca. It was the way to close another cycle with one of the multi-champions, who in this case had better treatment than his predecessor, Sebastián Battaglia, for whom there was no farewell.

Ibarra arrived very early this Wednesday at the Ezeiza property and finished arranging his dismissal. He met with Chicho Serna and Chelo Delgado and ended with some details that had been left loose, after the summit on Tuesday night, in which he was fired. Although they ended up on good terms and this post from the club somehow tries to give him that framework, Negro did not like how his departure was conceived. Above all, because on Saturday, after the victory against Olimpo for the Argentine Cup, he had shown the strength to continue.

“We are very grateful, they are our friends, but we are here to make decisions. We do not combine friendship with work, we are still friends, we love them very much,” Serna had said about the departure of Ibarra, with whom he shared the coaching staff in Reserve. But at the same time, the Colombian recognized that it was a difficult decision for the Council to make and for the coaching staff to accept, who believed they had reasons to continue leading the team.

Although Ibarra, with Gracián and Pompei, his assistants, will not continue in Boca, Riquelme’s initial idea was that at least El Negro could return in the medium/long term. AND For this reason, unlike what happened with Sebastián Battaglia, he sought to leave the doors open for DT for a return. Although for now, it seems difficult for that to happen…