Juan Román Riquelme gave his opinion on Boca’s present, the VAR and the arbitrations

After adding before Unionin Santa Fe, the second defeat in the last three games they played as a visitor, and to start the Professional League Cup irregularly, Juan roman riquelmePresident of Mouthhe put on his face and went out to talk about the news of the team he leads Diego Martinez.

“When you play badly, there are many chances that what happened yesterday will happen,” declared the boss. xeneize in TyC Sports and added that he believes that Mouth plays very well and they are happy with Diego Martinez and that you have to be calm because you are getting to know the players.

On the other hand, Juan roman riquelme He said: “Today marks 40 days since the first game and 9 games have passed. You get tired physically and mentally, but we are clear that we did not do well yesterday.” He acknowledged that when “you play badly, you’re going to lose, which is what happened yesterday, but I take things calmly.”

Boca, pressed by the calendar

In the midst of a busy schedule, Juan roman riquelme, whose management had been criticized days ago by former Macrista candidate Andrés Ibarra, stated that “playing 9 games in 40 days is too much, and three or four days you have to play again.” The truth is that the tournament started on January 28 and there have already been 9 dates in less than a month. The president of Mouth He elaborated on the idea of ​​playing so often: “In a week you play two games well or win two games and they say you are wonderful, if later you play badly in two games they say ‘this team is bad’and many coaches leave.” The reality is that in these nine dates, seven coaches have already left.

“They would call me a foul all the time with the VAR because of the arms issue. Today’s football is a mess, before it was played more like in the neighborhood and that made it fun,” said the president of Mouth and added that playing soccer “takes a bit of skill and making time.”

Juan roman riquelme He also referred to this new adaptation of the player regarding fouls and the VAR: “Today if you hit someone, it’s a foul. You can’t even touch the opponent. In any foul, a red card is already requested. There are players who live in the floor. Those also have to be expelled.

VAR: red Under Scrutiny

“The play of Christian Medina that blocks the defender, for today it is red if you repeat it 70 times, and look at how today’s player plays: Union “He stays on the floor because it hurts and Medina gets up, turning around and praying that they don’t kick him out,” he said. Juan roman riquelme on the controversial ironing of the defender Franco Pardo.

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In Santa Fe, Boca midfielder Cristian Medina hit Unión defender Franco Pardo, but was only reprimanded.

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The president of Mouth He recalled that before “you stepped on your opponent and picked him up, you hugged him apologizing and that it was unintentional” and he continued saying that today the players play with fear of being kicked out, others who live in the apartment and asked that the players also be kicked out. that they simulate.

“We all have to help: we, the coaches, the players who drive the referees crazy. Today with the VAR, when there is a penalty or a red card, the one who decides is the VAR and when they stop a play, they surround the referee and the The one who decides is the one who watches the television, that causes nerves, anger and the one in the stands, since he doesn’t see the play, he always thinks that he is being harmed,” he evaluated. Juan roman riquelme on the new expulsion criteria in Argentine football.

Juan Román Riquelme, satisfied with the reinforcements

Regarding reinforcements for this season, the president of Mouth He was happy with the performance of those who arrived in this transfer market. “We are very happy with the arrival of Zenón, it seems that he has been playing for the club for many years, Lema the same, and Blanco the same,” and added that now he is in another place and that he has to build the squad as strong as possible, but Then the technician decides.

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The left winger Kevin Zenón, one of the interesting reinforcements that Boca brought in in the last transfer market, from Unión.

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Regarding the hiring of possible international figures, Juan roman riquelme He said that he talks to many players such as Gary Medel that “we were waiting if the possibility of a quota appeared and the time expired, I have a very good relationship with Medel and I told him that ‘The quota did not appear, go play somewhere else'”.

He also spoke about the situation of Leandro Paredeswho admitted that his dream is to return to Mouth. Juan roman riquelmeHowever, he does not call it a dream and said: “It’s his decision. When he comes back here it’s more his decision than ours.”

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Juan Román Riquelme threw the ball to Leandro Paredes, currently at Roma. “When he comes back is more of a decision for him,” he said.

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Another player who always said he wanted to play in Mouth He is the Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira. “It’s a joke that he wants to play with our shirt, he comes to see Boca every time he’s here,” and added that “he wants to play for Boca, but Galatasaray He bought it at the end of the year, and he told me ‘I have never earned as much money as I do now and I had to sign’so we’ll see.”

As for the Uruguayan Nahitan Nandezwho already knew how to wear the shirt xeneize (2017-2020), Juan roman riquelme He said that it is more complicated, but that it also depends on him because “when in Europe you play every game and things go well (NdR: he is captain of Cagliari), it becomes difficult to return.”