The current vice president of Boca Juniors, Juan roman riquelmeconfirmed that he is going to present himself on December 2 as a presidential candidate for the “I am bostero” list to face the opposition duo that will have Andrés Ibarra as presidential candidate and Andrés Ibarra as vice president. Mauricio Macri.
Riquelme will have to compete against the figure of Macri – who presided over the club between 1995 and 2007 – despite the fact that at the head of the opposition list will be Ibarra, the former Minister of Modernization of the Nation and former general manager of Boca.
During Macri’s cycle at the head of the club, 16 titles were won (including four Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups) and the club was number 1 in the FIFA ranking.
Elections in Boca: Andrés Ibarra and Mauricio Macri head the opposition list.
The rivalry between Riquelme and Mauricio Macri is known and, on the other hand, the closeness of the former Boca player with the candidate for president of the Nation, Sergio Massa. This is why there are several indications that the elections in the club have some parallel with the national elections, where the current Minister of Economy and the candidate of La Libertad Avanza face each other, Javier Mileywhich has the support of the former president.
At the farewell match for Boca’s vice president and idol, last June, Massa made the friendly relationship between the two clear: “Today you said goodbye on the field. I know you would have liked to do it a long time ago. For many you are number 10, For many you are God. But you are still Román de Torcuato. Happy for you, friend,” he wrote.
Looking ahead to the November 19 runoff, Riquelme assured that he has defined his vote: “I enjoy when I have to go vote for our country. I always dream that it will be better. I don’t understand much about politics but every time I have to vote I do it with happiness,” he said days ago in an interview with Radio 10.
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Regarding the elections in the club and the possibility of Mauricio Macri returning to the leadership of Xeneize, he expressed: “People have to go on December 2 to enjoy, everyone should go, it should be a great party. You have to vote for “To defend our club. These elections are going to be very simple for the fans: Do we want to continue being a football club or be used for politics?”
The second vice president and head of the Football Council pointed out that in 2019, after the management of Daniel Angelici, Macri’s political partner, “the club was handed over with debt.” “They sold that the club was a marvel but they handed it over with debt. They are perfectionists in hiding,” he said.
Last April he had already referred to the intention of “bad people” to return to the club. “I ask the fans to remember and not let their heads be filled with bad people who want the club to do politics. I don’t know who this Ibarra is, but soon he will say that he missed the final in Madrid because of Riquelme,” he said ironically. the Xeneize idol.
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“Arrogant and authoritarian”: Macri’s criticism of Riquelme’s leadership
The former national leader repeatedly expressed his disagreement with the current administration, headed by Jorge Amor Ameal and the former footballer.
“That arrogant, arbitrary and authoritarian form of leadership does not work. Boca became a personality of someone that I brought to the club twice,” he said, pointing directly to Juan Román Riquelme.
“I recognize everything that needs to be recognized as a player, that he was incredible, and I am honored to have brought him from Argentinos Juniors and then back from Villarreal, when we won that Libertadores, which was his best moment,” he said.
On another occasion, he said that “being a good soccer player does not make you a good leader” and of the “mistreatment” that, he said, “Boca’s partner is suffering.”
2023-11-14 18:04:00
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