Riquelme showed his face: the request for “calm”, a claim to the players and without a name for the future

The president of Mouth, Juan Roman Riquelmeexpressed his “sadness” after the resignation of Diego Martínez, another coach who has slammed the door on his management as a leader since 2019, although he asked for “calm” in the face of the situation and launched a complaint to the team.

“We have to take things calmly. We are hurt, sad, we want the team to compete. The most important thing is to send the fans a big hug and apologize, because the team does not compete as we should”expressed the former soccer player as he left the locker room of the Belgrano stadium.

“Since Monday we have been thinking about Argentinos. The coach has just left, the important thing is that the team competes, because it has not been playing well,” said Boca’s top leader, although he did not give names about a possible interim position or, directly, the Martínez’s successor.

Riquelme also left a clear message for the players: “This is football, a sport, with a lot of emotion, a lot of nerves, and in sport you have to compete. We have to swallow saliva and look forward. They want to convey that we are in a war, but I don’t experience it like that. I try to be sincere and as clear as possible, and we are not competing”.

The covered man that Riquelme points to as Boca coach

The former coach of Monterrey of Mexico, Fernando Ortizappears as one of the president’s favorites Mouth, Juan Roman Riquelmeafter the resignation of Diego Martínez.

Ortiz, 46, played for Boca and was a teammate of Riquelme in 1998. He began his career as a coach at Sol de América in Paraguay in 2017, then went to Sportivo Luqueño. In 2022 he directed América de México, and in 2023 he arrived at Monterrey, where he was dismissed from his position last August after a very poor performance by the team in the Leagues Cup.

After Martínez’s resignation, the Boca squad will enjoy a day off and return to training next Monday, a practice that at the Ezeiza site will be directed by the duo Silvio Rudman / Mariano Herrón, who direct the reserves and youth teams of Mouth.

“Xeneize” will play next Sunday, at 9 p.m., in La Bombonera, against Argentinos Juniors, and the Football Council will have time to decide the new coach, taking into account that the team is twelfth in the Professional League and in race in the Argentine Cup, where they will face Gimnasia de La Plata in the quarterfinals and will seek to right the course and aspire to qualify for next year’s Libertadores.