Riquelme, Delgado and Rosica lead Boca to Paraguay for Libertadores draw | OneFootball

Tonight, starting at 8 PM, the Copa Libertadores draw will take place in Paraguay, and Boca’s management, returning to the group stage after two years, will be present. With Juan Román Riquelme leading the delegation, the xeneize group will also include his brother Cristian, Marcelo Delgado (manager), and Ricardo Rosica (general secretary).

The delegation departed around 2:30 PM from San Fernando Airport. Rosica and Delgado arrived together in a van, while Riquelme arrived a few minutes later in his own car.

Chelo, involved in Boca’s management since the days of the Football Council, is the only survivor of the now-dissolved committee of former players and serves as the club’s sporting director. A three-time Libertadores champion in 2000, 2001, and 2003, he is the manager closest to the squad and plays a fundamental role in the club’s structure, informally acting as a link between both parties.

On the other hand, Rosica is the institution’s general secretary and Riquelme’s right-hand man at the club. Without much public exposure, he has stepped up to defend the administration on several occasions, one of which was when he clarified an AFA report that claimed Boca had lost 40,000 members.

By being in pot 1 as a group leader, Boca avoids facing several of the continent’s heavyweights in the group stage, such as Flamengo (the latest champion), Palmeiras, Fluminense, Peñarol, or Nacional. They also cannot face another Argentine team, and with the eliminations of Bahia and Botafogo in the previous round, they will avoid playing against two Brazilian teams—something that could have happened if either had qualified.

After 9 PM, once the Copa Sudamericana draw is completed, Boca will learn their opponents for the initial phase, which will begin the week of April 8.

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