River’s invitation to Daniel Passarella for the tribute to the world champions at the Monumental continues to make people talk. Questioned by many fans and supported by many others, the concrete thing is that the former player, coach and president He accepted the invitation and on Sunday he would be in Núñez. From River, then, the reason for this decision was explained.
Santiago Poblet Videlapresident of River Public Relations, told Conexión Riverplatense the reason behind the invitation to the Kaiser: “We are paying tribute to the champions, It is not a tribute to the presidents, regardless of what I may think or what the president may think. I resigned from my bank at the time of Passarella, chatted with Jorge Brito, who was in the same space as me, although he had no position at the time.
In this sense, Poblet Videla continued: “Here we have to separate the institutional from the personal, River is bigger than all of us. I ask people that no matter how angry they are, Sunday has to be a party. We are River, we live River, we feel River and we have a slogan that is “greatness”, something that is demonstrated with actions. It was avoidable to invite PassarellaBut if we believe that River is great, we have to prove it, we can’t just say it. Inviting the world champion captain and the two-time world champion is an act of greatness“.
In addition, the PR president revealed that “It’s not the first time we’ve invited himWe already did it on the fortieth anniversary of the 1978 champions and also at the assumption of Jorge Britoas we did with all the presidents”.
Regarding the party that will take place on Sunday prior to the duel with Argentinos Juniors, Poblet Videla explained: “They will be Alonso, Ruggeri, Enrique, Fillol, Luque’s daughter… Unfortunately Nery Pumpido will not be there because he will be in the final of the South American Sub 20 in Colombia, but his brother will come, who will be in a box or an audience”.