Daniele De Rossi’s departure from Boca took place in a complicated context. The player came from suffering several injuries with Alfaro and, within days of the beginning of the activity with Miguel Angel Russo, made the decision to rescind the bond as he suffered problems with his eldest daughter, who was living in Rome and could not bring her to the country. After that sad farewell at a press conference, there were many times that the “Tano” spoke in the media about his time in the “xeneize” and now he did so with an interview on Sky Sports where he left no subjects released to chance, including Juan Román Riquelme and Marcelo Gallardo.
De Rossi: “In Argentina the experience was wonderful and I learned a lot.” Photo: Twitter @BocaJrsOficial
“In Argentina the experience was wonderful and I learned a lot from a human point of view, but I realized that all the talent that there is, without organization, is wasted a little,” remarked De Rossi, who fulfilled one of his dreams of playing with the Boca shirt and going out through the tunnel of La Bombonera in front of the people. Rightly, on the fan he excelled as he lived the beginning of the new cycle, where, despite being eliminated with River of the Copa Libertadores, he focused on the Super League and took it away on the last date. “The one who is from Boca is forever. Beautiful party was put together after the match vs Gymnastics, a title that the people deserved. After the lost semi-final: they stood, lucid eyes and greetings, none insulted. A love like that is just to applaud,” he said.
“He asked me to stay.” De Rossi about Juan Román Riquelme.
Much of that change had to do with the arrival of Michelangelo Russo at the substitutes’ bench, brought by Juan Román Riquelme. About Roman, the legend of Rome was encouraged to speak and told how the few days they spoke were: “He asked me to stay and get well physically. I was speaking to a player who was an example, a football poet,” he said. I trained five or six times with the team and they asked me to stay. I had to say I was leaving the next day because I would have stayed a long time. I have a lot of nostalgia for that place, my family and I felt it,” she said of the forced decision she had to make, when I still had a contract for a couple more months.
Daniele De Rossi highlighted marcelo Gallardo’s work at River. Photo: Twitter @RiverPlate
Finally, he was encouraged to talk about Marcelo Gallardo, whom he stood out for the game system and the team he managed to assemble in these six years he has been in Núñez. “You have to make all the weapons available to talented players and organize them so that in the middle they can play alongside the tough ones. Otherwise, it becomes a confusion. Anyway, it’s very beautiful to see.” There’s someone who accomplished that: Marcelo Gallardo. He has tried for many years, was lucky enough to coach the same team for many years and has succeeded. He has very strong players, every time he loses one adds to another and managed to create what we see today,” De Rossi said.
