Julio Buffarini: from “I would like to return to San Lorenzo” to regretting the rabona :: Olé

Despite Independent He returned to training this Thursday, Julio Buffarini He is one of the footballers who has not yet decided on his future. The 35-year-old full-back arrived in the Carlos Tevez cycle and He didn’t have many minutes on the court. In that sense, the former Boca y Talleres He referred to a possible return to the club where he was champion of the Copa Libertadores de América in 2014.

“I would like to return to San Lorenzo, After everything I went through and experienced in those five years, it has to be better closed. My 13-year-old daughter grew up and is a fan. I know it’s not easy, but today I want to have a good preseason and we’ll see how everything goes. San Lorenzo was everything in my career. When I fixed in Mouth It was said that I rejected San Lorenzo, but it was the other way around. After It hurt me how the fans received me when I went to the Nuevo Gasómetro“, he claimed.

In addition, he recalled that episode of the rabona that caused so much talk among Ciclón fans: there were barely four minutes left until the end of the match at La Bombonera, Boca was winning 3-0 still San Lorenzo which reached 15 meetings without celebrations, and Julio Buffarini He took the ball near the area, hooked it to the middle and took a Rabona cross. On that, he commented: “The rabona is what I regret the most in my career.”

However, despite the illusion of returning to San Lorenzothe truth is that he still has a contract with Independent until the end of the year. In that vein, and without the minutes he would like to have, he still has to speak with the new coach of the Rojo, Julio Vaccari, to decide on his future. “I have to analyze everything, first the family and then see how things go. The new technician is going to present himself, let’s see what idea he has“, he told Radio ESGOL, on FM 104.7.

Buffarini arrived at the request of Carlos Tevezfrom Workshopsand signed an 18-month contractalthough he had very little playing time. At the beginning of June he suffered patellar tendinopathy in his left knee which prevented him from working normally.

The right back arrived at San Lorenzo in 2012, when Boedo’s team was fighting in the red zone of the table. Coming from Ferro, Buffarini he was winning the dear of all the fans for the great performance he had since his arrival. After being a key piece in the permanence of the Ciclón in the First Division, it was also in obtaining several championships in the following years.

After the fight not to go down to the second category of Argentine soccer, San Lorenzo He changed his face and began to fight high up: in 2013 stayed with him Initial Tournamentthe following year it was consecrated for the first time in its entire history of the Libertadores Cup of America and later he was champion of the Argentine Super Cup 2015 versus MouthDuring that time, Buffa played 175 games and scored 13 goals and 14 assists.

However, Julio Buffarini He left the Azulgrana institution in 2016 to move to San Pablo in Brazil and In 2017 he arrived in Bocasomething that did not go down well with the Ciclón fans. On his return to Pedro Bidegain with the blue and gold shirt, the footballer was very poorly received by the entire local public.