During the extensive interview that starred Juan roman riquelme in ESPNthere was a moment of tension when Federico Bulos He consulted him about the projection of Hugo Ibarra as coach of Boca. the vice president xeneize He confronted the panelist and remarked that he had things very clear thinking about the future of the team.
FB: —Ibarra is the definitive coach, interim, what is he like?
JRR: —I live with things very clear. How long does Ibarra have a contract, until tomorrow or until the end of the year? Until the end of the year, then things are not clear to you.
FB: —I ask you so that you can clarify it…
JRR: —First, he has a contract until the end of the year. I have nothing to clarify. Later they told me that you said you didn’t know who Ibarra’s coaching staff was, how they were made up or something like that…
FB: —I didn’t talk about the coaching staff, I talked about Ibarra.
JRR: —Ibarra has been directing our Reserve for more than a year, he won two championships. He deserves it.
FB: —That is, you project the future of the Copa Libertadores with him…
JRR: —Every Friday the Reserve plays. And he won the two championships, he made merits to be in the place he is.
FB: —But are you going to continue being a coach after December?
JRR: —Stop, stop, I speak and then you answer, if you don’t speak on your own… He directed the Reserve for a long time, he won two championships, it had been many years since the Reserve had won; 2010, 2011 that the Reserve did not win. After many years, he won two titles, he has done wonderfully. The place he has today, he earned it. We are very happy with him, we would like to play the same way at home as when we have to go away. But we have things clear, we knew that after being left out of the Libertadores with Corinthians we were going to feel that blow at some point. At some point we were going to fall, it was going to be difficult to compete again because the illusion was great, the team played a great game and it should have happened that day. I had to live it as a soccer player, when you are left out of an important competition, at some point you feel it, emotionally you fall. The other team seems faster and stronger than you, you lose a lot of energy and that’s what happened to us.
FB: —Do you project the Copa Libertadores 2023 with Ibarra as coach?
JRR: —We want to win tomorrow, we can’t think about next year. But we are very happy with the squad and the coach we have. He deserves it and he is doing very well. You have to find the same regularity as a visitor as at home. Why do we have to talk about a thing that will happen in a year? ‘Boca is in doubt for next year,’ they say. We have no doubt.
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