Leandro Paredes, captain of Boca, explained why he did not return to Argentina after the death of Miguel Ángel Russo, who was laid to rest at La Bombonera this Thursday and Friday.
Leandro Paredes broke the silence and revealed why he did not return to the country to say goodbye to Miguel Ángel Russohis coach in Mouth.
The “xeneize” captain, visibly saddened by the death of the 69-year-old coach, commented that he was in contact with his relatives, but preferred to stay at the Argentine National Team concentration.
“The coaching staff told me that Miguel would have wanted me to stay here, to play, to honor him by playing football. And that was what we decided”said Paredes, from Miami, United States.
“That’s what his entire coaching staff told me. He told me very clearly: he would have been very angry if I had left the National Team camp to be there. He would have wanted me to represent him tomorrow in the best way, so I will try to do it by playing football.”he added.
“Finding out was very hard, very sad. We received the news in the middle of training, as everyone knows. But to see later how people said goodbye to him, the love that his family received, was something spectacular. That shows everything that Miguel generated”said the midfielder
Finally, Walls He highlighted the teaching that he left him Russo on and off the court: “I keep everything. With the legacy he leaves, with the mark that time will never erase. He won the most important thing in this environment, which is the respect of everyone. I only have words of gratitude, of respect.”
Miguel Ángel Russo He died on the afternoon of October 8, after a series of hospitalizations due to health problems that he had had since the beginning of last month.
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