In dialogue with the YouTube channel of Gianluca Odasso, the renowned Argentine coach Ricardo The Volpecurrently living in Mexico, shared his opinions on the outlook for Boca Juniors and who should be, in his opinion, the club’s next technical director. Without hesitation, La Volpe pointed out Fernando Gago as his favorite to occupy the position, whom he directed in the xeneize in 2006 and who is currently the coach of Chivas de Guadalajara.
«Boca needs a coach who already has specific weight towards the squad and who respects him. I think that, if they take Gago, At first it showed that Racing was playing well, although later the team fell because important players left. Gago is from Boca», stated La Volpe.
Furthermore, La Volpe responded ironically to what an alternative to Gago could be: «Second, we have to find a friend of Riquelme, because if they are not friends, they will not take them. Palermo already said it: “He is not going to lead me to direct Boca”.
During the interview, La Volpe also highlighted what he would say to Juan Román Riquelme, current president of Boca Juniors: «If I were the sports director, I would sit down with Riquelme so that he knew how the team is going to play, what we are going to aim for and how we are going to be protagonists»he emphasized. In addition, he highlighted the need for hiring to be made based on the game system: “You can’t hire just to hire, you have to think about the system.”
La Volpe showed his interest in maintaining a football dialogue with Riquelme, commenting: «I would like to sit with Riquelme, have a coffee, eat a barbecue, and talk about football. Tell him: “Look, this is modern football, these are the systems.” Because systems were invented to counteract other systems. Likewise, he explained how football changed over the years, remembering his experience facing Riquelme himself in the semifinals of the 2005 Confederations Cup: that day, Argentina beat the Mexican team led by the interviewee on penalties.
The coach also took the opportunity to reflect on the evolution of tactical systems in football, mentioning how the 4-4-2 replaced the 4-3-3 after the ’82 World Cup, and how the modern game requires a greater understanding depth of these schemes: “Systems were invented to counteract other systems,” explained the coach who led Boca in the 2006 Apertura and lost the remembered final 2-1 against Diego Pablo Simeone’s Estudiantes de La Plata.
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