The former player and today, vice president of the Xeneize squad, Juan Román Riquelme, anticipated what will be the match against Colo Colo for the Copa Libertadores de América this Wednesday at the Monumental Stadium.
This day Wednesday, May 3 and starting at 8:00 p.m., Colo Colo and Boca Juniors will animate one of the most attractive duels of the third day of the Copa Libertadores de América. Albos and Xeneizes will meet at the Monumental Stadium, which, unfortunately, and thanks to the so-called fans, will have four closed sectors.
Both squads share the leadership of group F with four units. The Cacique has just beaten Monagas from Venezuela by the minimum score, thanks to the score by Carlos Palacios, via a penalty kick. For their part, those led by Jorge Almirón come to this game after an agonizing defeat of Deportivo Pereira by two goals to one.
Juan Román Riquelme is already throbbing the meeting
The painting of Barrio La Boca lives a special week. This Wednesday they will visit our country to face Colo Colo and then, on Sunday, they will star in one of the most acclaimed matches in the world of soccer, the Superclásico against River Plate.
The former player, idol and today vice president of the club, Juan Román Riquelme, spoke to the media after his team’s victory by three goals against one over Racing Club and referred to what will be the match against Cacique: “The most difficult game we have now is in Chile. Later, when the game in Chile ends, we will have to think about what comes next”.
Juan Román, delved into what the match will be in Santiago and expressed that he hopes to witness a great match: “We are going to a great stadium (Monumental), it will surely be a nice game, where we will try to compete to the fullest and hopefully both their players and ours, and the referees, can enjoy themselves. I always have the illusion that it will be a great game and that we can win “he commented.
The last time the idol Xeneize visited the Monumental Stadium was in the framework of the Copa Liberadores in 2008. On that occasion, the Cacique defeated Boca Juniors by two goals against zero, thanks to the annotations of Cristóbal Jorquera and Gustavo Biscayzacú.
