El streamer e influencer Ibai Llanos confessed in 2021 his love for Boca Juniors. “I’m a big fan of Spanish football, I’ve followed it my whole life and I’ve never done it with Latin America. I never had a team in Argentina, but I started streaming, going live and looking for soccer songs to motivate myself. That’s where I discovered ‘Boca, my good friend’ and other songs that were sung at the Bombonera. One day Carlos Tevez spoke to me and I began to be a fan of Boca. His songs give me a good vibe and I like them very much”, said the germ of his passion.
From then on, the links with the Ribera became closer. Official jackets that went to his personal museum (like that of Riquelme, whom he admires) and the affection of the fans. “I also liked Boca because it was a team of humble people from the neighborhood. I learned that many teams from Argentina are very close to Buenos Aires and that the first league is divided by neighborhoods, that caught my attention. The song ‘Boca, my good friend, this campaign we will be with you again, we will encourage you wholeheartedly’ is like it conveys a lot to me because it’s like no matter what happens, we’ll always be with you, it’s something I liked a lot”, full.
In Spain he is a fan of Real Madrid, however, he forged ties with Barcelona from his relationship with Lionel Messi and above all, Gerard Piqué, who invested in his work, to the point of choosing him to broadcast the Copa América or Flea’s debut at PSG. Precisely in a stream chat with the central marker and businessman, Llanos made a confession: the day he rejected an economic proposal from River because of his incipient love for Boca.
“How far does loyalty go? One day I rejected something with River Plate, which you know, because of the Boca Juniors issue. People will not know this, many who tell me about Argentina that in their day I put something from River, I would like to see the people of Boca rejecting money from something from River”, he released, with the complicity of Shakira’s partner.
The broadcast cut went viral and was shared by Xeneize fans on Twitter, with words of support for the Boca ambassador on the Old Continent. And he was also teasing the Millionaire.
In the same talk, continuing with loyalties, there was a back and forth between the two that resembled a verbal classic between Real and Barcelona. “You recognize a time in Madrid that was either to win everything or you went to bed a little sad, right?” Ibai goaded his interlocutor. “You have been sad all your life, because you have never achieved a triplet, right?” returned Piqué, alluding to obtaining the three main titles (Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions), which Barsa achieved in 2008 and 2015.
“Well, four Champions in five years is not bad, right? It’s not a triplet, but it’s not bad. It’s not a Copa del Rey, but it’s a good cup”, Llanos struck again, remembering the last championship won by the team from Catalonia.
Piqué left several titles in the conversation with the streamer. For example, how would he develop if he were elected president of Barcelona: “I would make a more modern club. I would change a lot of things. I would send the whole environment to fuck, they are toxic, to fuck. And whoever feels marked as an environment, to fuck”
He also referred to how criticism on social media affects him: “When I get hooked on Twitter, it means I’m motivated. I like to get hooked because then it motivates me, my head works like that. When I’m indifferent, I’m not very motivated.” And lastly, he even dove into the transfer market. “I spoke with Vinicius to convince him to come to Barça,” he acknowledged. “If I were Haaland and I want to win the Ballon d’Or, I wouldn’t go to the same team as Mbappé,” he concluded, ruling out, from his thoughts, the composition of the duo of cracks in Madrid.
However, for the Boca fan, the strength was in the voice of Ibai Llanos. A declaration of fidelity that drew him a throne on the second flag of the Bombonera.
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