Boca stumbled again in a very complicated 2025 and was eliminated from the Torneo Apertura after falling to Independiente in the quarterfinals. In a tense atmosphere at La Bombonera, the fans once again expressed their discontent with chants directed at both the team and the management led by Juan Román Riquelme.
During the match and at the end, the complaints toward the Xeneizes protagonists were strongly felt to the rhythm of "the committee, the committee, go to hell" and also "everyone must go".
At Brandsen 805, no one was spared from criticism. As soon as Independiente scored Álvaro Angúlo's goal, the shout from the stands was "Move, Boca move, move, stop messing around. This crowd is crazy, today we can't lose".
The anger expressed this Monday night refers to what happened days earlier against Lanús, when part of the stadium targeted the management, which provoked a response from the popular stands with the chant "snitch plateísta".
With the fall in the quarterfinals of the Apertura, the blue and gold team now faces a pause in local competition that will extend, at least, until the end of July, when the match against Atlético Tucumán is scheduled for the round of 32 of the Copa Argentina.
Riquelme's reaction
Román witnessed how most of those present in the stadium pointed at him and the Football Council. He chose silence as a response and was barely seen drinking water from a plastic bottle, with a slight nod as the only visible sign of reaction.
