Chilean player bets that the Argentine team is the only one capable of overcoming Brazilians in Libertadores and suggests a possible trip to Boca Juniors, stating that only one call from Riquelme is enough
Currently defending the Athletico Paranaensethe Chilean steering wheel Arturo Vidal is not rooting for any Brazilian in the liberators. In fact, the player wants the Boca Juniorsfrom the Argentinawin the competition and even suggested that the club manager, Roman Riquelmecall him to play with the Xeneize shirt in the future.
Hurricane was early eliminated from the liberatorsin the round of 16, by bolivar. Now, in the quarterfinals, the three Brazilians took the lead in the first leg: Deportivo Pereira 0x4 palm trees, bolivar 0x1 International It is Fluminense 2×0 Olympia.
However, in the other confrontation, two Argentine teams face each other. And on La Bombonerathe classic among Boca Juniors It is racing ended in 0 to 0, leaving everything for the return match. If it passes the stage, the Xeneize team faces the winner of Deportivo Pereira It is palm trees in the semifinals of the competition.
Even stumbling home, Vidal believes that Boca is in a position to take home its seventh title. The last achievement was in 2007, and in 2012 and 2018, the club, which recently hired Cavaniended up being vice.
“I think Boca is the only one that can compete with the Brazilian teams for their determination, for their fans and because playing at La Bombonera must be crazy. I hope they can be champions of the Libertadores, but it will be difficult”fired the Chilean, during an interview with TNT.
Vidal arrived at Hurricane on July 10, after leaving Flamengo, where he won the liberators in 2022. The midfielder lowered his salary of almost R$ 1 million by 80%, put the competition title as motivation and signed until the end of 2023. He played in seven matches and left the bench only in his debut. O Athletico Paranaense has as its main objective now to win a place in Libertadores through the Brazilian championshipin which it occupies the 6th position, which would lead at least to the pre-liberators.
The future of the Chilean is uncertain in the Paraná. The team’s board will evaluate the midfielder’s performance during the period he stays at the club, in order to decide whether to offer a renewal. Thus, the 36-year-old athlete gave a tip to riquelmeformer player and great idol of Boca, to look for him. “Go to Boca? Román (Riquelme) is the one who has to call, he knows. They love me a lot in Argentina, the times I went I received a lot of love”, he said.
Source: sportbuzz
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