Argentinos Juniors drop Chiquito Romero before Boca clash | OneFootball

There’s less and less time left until another action-packed weekend in Argentine football, where Boca and Argentinos Juniors will face off in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Torneo Clausura. Now more than ever, when we mention these clubs, the main protagonist is Sergio Romero. However, far from making headlines for his football performance, the spotlight is on him for something unrelated to the pitch.

When it seemed certain that by the end of the year he would leave Xeneize as a free agent since he had been sidelined, El Bicho became interested in signing him for the final stretch of the season, following the serious injury suffered by Diego Rodríguez. After a quick departure from the riverside club, the goalkeeper arrived at La Paternal with the goal of winning the 2025 Copa Argentina, but things went wrong…

The truth is that Argentinos Juniors decided to part ways with Romero. In addition to excluding him from the professional squad for the last matches, Chiquito will not remain with El Bicho in 2026, so it can be said that his time at the club has come to an end. This news surprised everyone in the football world due to how brief and fleeting his stay at the red-and-white institution was.

Thus, with just 4 matches played, the experienced goalkeeper is leaving Argentinos. His departure is so definitive that, despite the multiple injuries suffered by the team’s goalkeepers in this final stretch of the domestic championship, Chiquito is no longer considered by Nicolás Diez, not even as a substitute in the event of an extreme emergency.

After his poor performance in the final of the 2025 Copa Argentina, where he responded badly to Álex Arce’s goal that put Independiente Rivadavia ahead, and failed to shine during the penalty shootout—which is currently his strongest suit—his time at the club came to an end. From that day on, the coaching staff stopped using him.

In short, the historic goalkeeper of the Argentine National Team, with past stints at major clubs like Manchester United and Boca, will no longer be part of the professional squad at Argentinos Juniors. In the four matches he played, he conceded 6 goals and did not keep a single clean sheet. Thus, Chiquito says goodbye to La Paternal.

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