Argentine soccer gems, such as Lionel Messi, Pablo Aimar and Alfio ‘Coco’ Basile, and from the ‘Boca Juniors world’, such as Carlos Bianchi, Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Óscar Córdoba, Among them is on the confirmed list for the tribute that idol Auriazul will receive this Sunday Juan Roman Riquelme.
La Bombonera will host an event that the former footballer of Boca Juniors (1996-2002, 2007-2012 and 2013-2014), Barcelona (2002-2003), Villarreal (2003-2007) and Argentinos Juniors (2014- 2015) He has been waiting for eight years, since he publicly announced his retirement on January 25, 2015.
For that event, where only the place of celebration is known, the stadium where he succeeded as an auriazul footballer, La Bombonera, and the day, this Sunday, but not its schedule or many of the details, the member of the Ribera club They started buying tickets this Thursday.
Maxi Rodríguez will have his a day before
With the only certainty that the former Spanish football player Atlético de Madrid and the English Liverpool Maxi Rodríguez will not be able to attend his tribute, because on Saturday the 25th his residence in Rosario, Riquelme will receive this Sunday a shower of soccer crowds where photographers and cameramen outside the company who will take advantage of the image of the event are not allowed access to the field.
Bianchi technicians, ‘Coco’ Basile and José Pekerman make up the guest list for his ancestor in the figure of Riquelme.
The ‘Viceroy’ led Boca at various stages, with the Auriazules winning three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups between 2000 and 2003 – with Riquelme winning two and one, respectively.
Scaloni and his collaborators
Former colleagues from the Albiceleste, such as Messi, Aimar, Angel di Maria, Javier Mascherano or members of the current coaching staff, Lionel Scaloni, Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala, They too will be part of the tribute this Sunday.
Regarding the former members of Boca, the last to confirm is the current coach of Paraguay, ‘el Melli’ Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who will join with his brother Gustavo and other exauriazule, such as Fernando Gago, Claudio Morel Rodríguez or Rodrigo Palacio.
Born in San Fernando (province of Buenos Aires) 44 years ago, Riquelme is one of Argentina’s best soccer players, he undoubtedly excels in his position in the center of the field, and is considered a historical idol of the club where he is now vice-president.
Launched in the campaign to lead Boca Juniors, The former Argentinian international was the U-20 world champion in Malaysia in 1997 and an Olympic champion in Beijing in 2008, in addition to winning three Libertadores (the last in 2007), an Intercontinental and an Intertoto, this with Villarreal’s Chilean Manuel Pellegrini.
Source: La Verdad
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