Lucas Blondel He had already had opportunities to talk to journalists as a player. Hurricanebut the opportunity always presented itself on the playing field and with the conclusions of a match still hot. That is why, since the loan was accepted from Mouthhad never been able to refer to the mystery of having been pushed to the side at the Ribera club, overnight. Until yesterday, when he sat before a camera and spoke comfortably to briefly refer to each issue that resonates in the blue and gold world every time they remember it.
With the first question, referring to being directed again by Diego Martinezas in Tigre and the Xeneizealready released the first clue about what his desires were in the recent past: “At first it was not in my head. Because, with the departure of Luis Advíncula, I wanted to fight for a position in Boca. These are football circumstances, that’s how it is. Sometimes they consider you and sometimes they don’t. When I felt a little left out and I saw that I wasn’t going to have a chance.there I did speak with Diego with greater certainty: he always had intentions of having me,” he said, in dialogue with TyC Sports night.
First he referred to the serious injury he suffered in 2024, a anterior cruciate ligament rupture of the right knee during a Boca-San Lorenzo, which took away the drama. “I took it well even though I was in a good moment, with good performances. It’s never positive, obviously, and even more so if it’s that serious. But I enjoyed the rest of the things that football takes away from you a little,” he began his in-depth story about the obstacles that stalled his stay in Boca.
Immediately, he advanced on the contrast: “I think it was much more difficult last year, in which I didn’t feel considered. You feel like you have something to give and you can’t do it. When you are injured you have no choice but to hold on until you return, but When you feel physically good, you suffer moreat least personally.”
The year it refers to is 2025, when Fernando Gago He was already the coach from Boca before Blondel received the medical discharge, in December 2024. However, the problem was not Gago: “I played several games with him, despite the fact that he changed the team a lot. I even played in the round of 16 and quarterfinals of the Apertura with Mariano Herron. Until mid-year, when it arrived Miguel (Russo) and he told me that he considered me a flyer, I didn’t see myself from the side. And then he leaned towards other players, something normal in football.”
Without wanting to talk too much or argue in a big way, he decided to limit himself to just describing the sequence and not exposing who or who he would have been disappointed with. Although the story seems to be clear: “I consider that each person, coach or player, wants the best for the team and for themselves. If the coach considers that there is someone better than you, you can’t do anything. I do believe that there is something, at least in the way I handle myself: You always want to be told the truth, no matter how cruel it may be.. Which will not be considered, for example. From that point on, go look for continuity somewhere else.”
As for the president Juan Roman Riquelme He did not make much mention, beyond having thanked him and the institution for the experience lived since 2023: “In the last time I did not talk much with him. When I arrived, sometimes, yes.”
The reality is that his official record, as he explained, stopped in the 90 minutes against Independiente, thanks to Herrón. Did not participate in the Club World Cupnor in the local tournaments that continued. Even, asked to play some matches of the 2025 reserve tournament.
At first there was no room, even when Claudio Ubeda He was left in charge after Russo’s death. The disappearance triggered multiple rumors, among them, that of not being chosen for the simple fact of being in a relationship with the well-known journalist Morena Beltrán: the locker room information leak and the club always linked with them, something that the player denied last night.
“The most painful thing for me is when they make her responsible for something that is not the case. There is enough evidence: I played with all the coachesexcept with Miguel and, later, with Claudio. When I was considerate and doing well, no one said anything about me leaking things. They are the rules of the game too,” he concluded that first part related to his partner.
Then, he revealed what he did in the locker room in this situation: “I’m calm because my teammates in Boca knew that wasn’t the case. I didn’t have to clarify it with them, but Yes, I brought together several references and I even swore to them that I did not understand what was said.. They told me ‘stay calm, we know what kind of person you are’ and it stayed there. The noise was from not being considered. If it had been for fear of spite because I didn’t play, they would have removed me from the squad: without having the previous continuity, I continued training with the group and went to the stadium“It’s not that I didn’t know anything.”
Linked to these prolonged absences was the World Cup 2026 and the importance of playing, since he became Swiss nationalized by his father and already knew how to represent the Swiss national team. However, the chances – logically – decreased. “I wanted that, if I didn’t go to the World Cup, it would be with the possibility of having played or that it didn’t directly give me performance. It was going to hurt me a lot if I continued to be inactive and didn’t end up going,” he added.
And he closed: “Now it is within my reach, I know it is difficult because a year has passed since the last summonses, but dreaming costs nothing. I wouldn’t keep the thorn if it doesn’t touch me: today I feel very good, I enjoy wearing a t-shirt again and play football with continuity.
