Boca Juniors will play on Sunday against Union de Santa Fe, the worst team average worse.
The midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme will play for Boca Juniors on Sunday, after eight months of inactivity, against an opponent who does not win 26 games, Union de Santa Fe
The reappearance of Riquelme in Argentine playing fields will occur against the same opponent he faced in his debut for the club Boca, on November 16, 1996, time when the most popular team of Argentina won 2-0 with the goals scored by Fernando Caceres and tip Romeo Uruguayan Hugo Guerra.
From that Boca Juniors led by Carlos Bilardo, ten players have folded (Navarro Montoya, Cáceres, Vivas, Fabbri, Toresani, Cagna, Pompei, Latorre, Rambert and War) and remains active only Riquelme, 34.
The Union is in a desperate situation and is the leading candidate to mid demoted this year along with two other teams, which for the moment are Quilmes and San Martín de San Juan.
Riquelme returned to the club for all their success after announcing that change of air in mid-2012, after the defeat Boca in Libertadores Cup final against Brazilian club Corinthians.
But the purpose of playing in another team was not met and, when the League Argentina was about to start, coach Carlos Bianchi called to announce that he was available. The board approved his return despite the resistance of some leaders.
"A player does not save a team," said Bianchi, who also lamented that Riquelme has not been part of the workforce in the preseason. "Roman is eager to return, we will evaluate" the coach said after the victory of Boca Juniors in Ecuador against Barcelona of Guayaquil (1-2) in the Copa Libertadores, and the last training with a view to meeting with you Union ranked among those who play from the opening minute.
They will not be in that lineup most of the players who won in Ecuador and jump to the front field Nicolás Blandi and Uruguayan Santiago Silva, instead of Juan Manuel Martinez and Lucas Viatri, who played in the stadium Isidro Romero Carbo.
Riquelme has been six times champion with Boca Juniors, the team has also won five international tournaments, including three Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental.
On Sunday reappear in 'La Bombonera' against the weakest team in the Primera Division Argentina, in the fourth day of a league leading Lanus and River Plate.
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