Boca Juniors Meeting
Carlos Tevez and Juan Román Riquelme.
LThe crack in Boca is on the surface, after so many missiles crossed in recent weeks between part of the Football Council and some players, such as Carlos Tevez, Julio Buffarini and Guillermo Fernández, already a former club footballer, the squad without the coaching staff decided to have a meeting at the hotel where they are concentrating after morning training, to discuss the issue and made a drastic decision: “They touch one and they touch us all”.
Headed by Carlos Tevez, the players made the decision not to endure any more cross messages and “misuse” by the members of the Council. If any of the issues that formed the rift recur, they will not show up for training, something that would be a big problem for the club.
Why did the players explode?
The straw that broke the camel’s back was the audio message that was leaked and sent by Jorge Bermúdez, targeting Tevez. But this did not start here. The first big problem arises when Carlitos had to renew his contract in June 2020, and the Colombian, in the middle of the negotiation, tohe accused Apache of doing politics and that he should accept the Council’s proposal since when the new leadership arrived, “he was a former player”. From there, and with the theme ‘forgiven’ but not forgotten, came Pol Fernández’s novel.
The player was not going to renew the loan, Boca could not buy it from Cruz Azul, and therefore the Council decided that Fernández will no longer play for the team. His absence left a void impossible to fill for Russo, and the players did not like the attitude because although he was not going to continue, there was still competition and he could have played more.
Julio Buffarini continues … the Council and he did not agree, and they resolved that they would not renew him and since July that Boca is looking for a right back. Hence the issue of Mauricio Isla had arisen. Although Bufa returned to the starting team since his presence was decisive, now Boca is looking for Nahuel Tenaglia since he decided not to renew him.
Why wasn’t Miguel Russo there?
This is another of the heavy questions. It is logical that if the problem is the footballers, it is resolved between them. But the squad did not like the fact that Miguel Russo never opposed the final decisions of the Council, especially with Pol and Buffarini. By default, the coach knows this, but in his position he decides to respect the hierarchy of each position: Council, Coaching staff, and players, in that order.
The fight would not be with Roman
Although the head of the Council is Riquelme, the players do not agree with the way of demonstrating Jorge Bermúdez and Raúl Cascini. Both Roman and Delgado would be exempt, since both the Colombian and the former club midfielder had media crosses.
