October 25, 1997 is a date that will be recorded for life for many football fans, since it was the last game as a professional of Diego Armando Maradonawho played the Superclásico for Boca against River at the Monumental Stadium.
In the second half, Pelusa was replaced by Juan roman riquelmewho came from shining in the team that won the Under 20 World Cup in Malaysia for the Argentine team: that was the first match of this style starring “Patron” Bermudezwhich broke the silence and revealed an intimate locker room chat.
“I have the opportunity to play at the Monumental and in the first half we were losing 0-1. At halftime of the ’97 superclassic, the great Diego enters crying and said ‘guys I can’t play anymore, I’ll go with you until here. My legs don’t respond’. She looked at Riquelme, hugged him and said ‘well, guacho, now is your time, your life and your football. And you can turn this around.’ You have Diego Maradona crying and saying that he can’t play football anymore and at that moment, can you imagine Diego Maradona doing something else in life? ”, The Patron told TNT Sports.
“We wanted Diego to be there, but we had no sign that this was going to be his last game. That match had everything, many seasonings: nostalgia and sadness, everything happened, it was like a movie,” said the former defender, who today is a member of the Boca Juniors Football Council, which is in charge of Riquelme himself.
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