Overview

• Juvenal Rodríguez told Super Deportivo Radio he said “I love you” in his last visit and believed Miguel Ángel Russo would have answered with a joking “pelot… dale.”
• Rodríguez said Russo never showed pain, kept going to trainings and trips even as his health declined, and chose to spend his final days at home.
• He recalled Russo’s resolve to return to Boca, including a private vow on a drive to Rosario that they would coach the club at the Club World Cup.
• Rodríguez added that the most fitting tribute would be a Boca title, which he said would bring Russo one of his greatest smiles.
• Russo’s son Ignacio posted a public message thanking Boca and Juan Román Riquelme for fulfilling his father’s last wish.