Macri added more fuel to the fire: “Riquelme hurts Boca”

The former president of Mouth Juniors and now candidate for vice president, Mauricio Macriaccused today Juan roman riquelme of doing “damage” to the club and “cheating” for the elections, which were suspended by civil judge Alejandra Débora Abrevaya, after the opposition complained about irregularities in the registry with the entry of 13,664 active members.

“The thing about the adherent members was something created by the previous management but now they have jumped the curve of adherents to active members just before the electoral roll closes. Everyone was going to vote for Riquelme because he cheated. It is one more of what they have been doing”Macri stated in dialogue with ESPN.

“Boca took a path with Riquelme that hurt. It hurts me to see him like this in front of me because I brought him to Boca twice, first as a kid and after losing the three-time championship with Ricardo Lavolpe”said the former president of the Nation.

The future of elections in Boca

The elections that were scheduled for next Sunday in Boca Juniors were suspended yesterday due to lack of agreement between the parties after the meeting between the ruling party and the opposition in Justice.

With no estimated date yet for the elections, Jorge Ameal could continue as president of the Ribera club until new elections are scheduled.

“They put all their friends to work at the club”criticized who, as Boca’s main leader, put in relevant positions managers of his company Socma, former classmates at Cardinal Newman and judicial officials such as Carlos Stornelli, accused of numerous irregularities as a prosecutor.

“My concern is for Boca. They asked me to join the club again and I love it. For example, I never fired a coach during my management and now five have passed in four years,” he described.

Furthermore, Macri complained because Riquelme declared that Boca is the “backyard of his house” and that “cannot be” because it belongs to “all the fans.” And Boca also lost the club’s main asset, which is its team, because he devalued it. “.

“Riquelme left Mateo Retegui to Tigre because it was Sergio Massa’s club, his friend. They have a bond. We don’t want to bring national politics into the club”said Macri, who began his participation in politics at the head of the Pro after the great sporting successes achieved by Boca with Carlos Bianchi as coach, in 1998/99/2001/01 and 2003.

At his side was Andres Ibarraformer Minister of Modernization of the Cambiemos government and now candidate for president of the Ribera club.

Macri said that he has two potential contributors for the new stadium, in a space neighboring the current one, with North American and Arab investors, respectively, who would be left with the sale of the new extra capacity and the marketing of advertising.

“My friend, the Emir of Qatar, brought us Qatar Airways as a sponsor and two years later he asked me to bring the number 9 of his National Team. I sent a message to Riquelme so that they would give him the approval and add a few minutes in the Argentine Cup At least. Because of this (Riquelme’s refusal) we did not have sponsorship for a year and a half. You have to have that subtlety to manage the clubs and he mistreated the Emir,” Macri stated.

In turn, the former president insisted on hitting Diego Maradona, whom he called a “transgressor” off the field and compared him to Lionel Messi, who goes “from the field to his house.”

“The model of the idol like Maradona is over. In Qatar everyone had Messi’s shirt and wanted Argentina to win the World Cup for him,” he said, although for the only time he was refuted by a journalist participating in the article, who highlighted the game in team deployed by Maradona in Mexico ’86 so that the Argentine team won its second World Cup.