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Riquelme was the axis, constant and steady like the beat of Tula´s drum, calmly setting the pace, playing like only he can.
For him football is the same always and everywhere. He plays the way he plays and if you don´t like it, that´s not his problem.

Riquelme is a difficult, introverted character, porcupine-prickly, a man who needs constant reassurance and has to live entirely on his own terms, who utterly lacks the normal trappings of vanity but is vain nonetheless. Villarreal knew that and created the perfect environment for him.
...it has become impossible to exaggerate his importance, his centrality to Villarreal. He may not run defences ragged like Maradona but he does run games. In his own way he is as dominant. [In the 04-05 season] Riquelme picked up 13 man-of-the-match awards, scored 14 goals and provided 15 assists, more than any other player in the top flight.

"We play to Riquelme the way we played to Zinedine Zidane at Juventus," says Alessio Tacchinardi. "Whenever we have the ball we just give it to him," adds Senna, while Arruabarrena rates him as one of the five finest players in the world. "Román," he says, "carries the team on his shoulders."

If we have to travel from point A to point B, everyone would take the six-lane highway and get there as quickly as possible. Everyone, except Riquelme. He would would choose the winding mountain road, that takes six hours, but that fills your eyes with scenes of beautiful landscapes.

Har vi et billed af Marcela ? - hun lyder fornuftigt.

Det er iøvrigt lidt morsomt at de 2 Boca ikoner Román og Maradona oprindeligt er fra Argentinos cantera .....:-)

Hun er journalist fra The Guardian..
http://www.theguardian.c…morayarau-jo