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 | | Riquelme: I'm Exhausted, I'm leaving8.07.2012 |
Boca Juniors star Juan Roman Riquelme announced he is leaving the team. This happened immediately after the loss of Corinthians in the final of the Copa Libertadores.
Argentina lost with 0:2 as guest in the second leg after 1:1 the first meeting of the La Bonbonera lost the battle for the trophy.
"I spoke with the president of the team and informed him that I could not continue. I am very grateful to the club and the team. I know that I am, but I have nothing left to give to the club, "said 34-year-old Argentine playmaker.
"The relationship that I built with Boca is great. I'm a fan of this club, but now reached the end of my path. Now I just want to go home, to make a barbecue with friends to see my children and to congratulate them. "
"All I want forgiveness from my children is that I could not win the Cup again," said Juan Roman Riquelme.
For both his periods in Boca Juniors - from 1996 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2012, Riquelme has played 346 games in which scoring 83 goals for the blue-yellow. For the national team of Argentina, he has 51 matches and 17 goals and abroad has played for Spain's Barcelona and Villarreal.
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