Martin Palermoformer forward of the Club Atlético Boca Juniors and current coach of the Olympia of Paraguay, He met with the Argentine president at noon at Government House. At the meeting, they were accompanied by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei. During the visit, which lasted more than an hour, the top scorer in the history of the xeneize team came out to the balcony to greet along with the libertarian leader.
The “Titan” arrived at the meeting accompanied by his current wife Lorena Barrichi and his youngest son, Gianluca. The current coach, recognized for being the author of 236 goals with the blue and gold shirt, is on vacation in Argentina with his family, after an important close of the year in the Paraguayan club, which he declared champion of the First Division Tournament .
“The best moments I spent on the Boca field were with Palermo. And the best moments I had off the field were thanks to Palermo,” declared the libertarian leader in various radio reports. The economist is a recognized fan of the legendary painting from the La Boca neighborhood.
In December 2023, Milei supported the Ribera club in the elections. Andrés Ibarra and Mauricio Macri, who was defeated against the duo composed of Juan Roman Riquelme and Jorge Amor Ameal. In that vote, the Ibarra-Macri tandem proposed the former striker as technical director of the Bombonera starting team.
“When Martín Palermo retired from soccer on the Boca field, my sadness was so great that I never returned to La Bombonera,” Javier Milei wrote at that time on his social network account X. On the contrary, the owner of the Executive Branch is facing the current president of the club and former midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme.
“I knew what the result was going to be, but, nevertheless, I went because of a cultural battle. Not only did I go knowing that Riquelme was going to win, but I also actually knew that he was going to send me to hell,” he said in an interview with Jonathan Viale on Radio Rivadavia and added: “20 people came to harass me. I knew what was going to happen, that they were going to send people to harass me, but do I have to let myself be intimidated by a group of bullies?
“He was from Boca until Angelici brought him to Riquelme to steal. It wasn’t a little bit of Boca, it was intensely Boca, I have a star in the museum and box. But I have enough to live in a populist country to also be a fan of a populist team,” the president described in the interview.
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