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In the framework of a conversation for a sports medium, they remembered unpleasant moments that a Argentine soccer player in Aztec lands . In the program “Superfutbol”, of the Argentine network TyC Sports, the ex-footballer Cristian Traverso revealed that in his internship for Mexican soccer a gun was placed on the table to terminate his contract.
Traverso and a challenging experience in Mexico: “To terminate the contract, they put a gun on the table” 🇲🇽🔥
In @ superfutbol , the former – # Boca remembered his passage through # Puebla and gave details about the intimidating behavior of the president. https://t.co/qVl 90 AMWvy
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Cristian Traverso was a contention midfielder who played for great South American football teams such as Boca, Argentinos Juniors and the U of Chile . In addition, Traverso had a couple of internships in Mexican soccer with Querétaro in 2002 and with Puebla in 2009.
Juan Román Riquelme and Cristian Traverso (Boca Juniors) celebrate
2000 Toyota European and South American Club Cup (2000 Intercontinental Cup) Boca Juniors (Argentina) vs Real Madrid (Spain) 2-1 at Tokyo, Japan 28 / 11 / 2000 Photo by Masahide Tomikoshi / TOMIKOSHI PHOTOGRAPHY pic.twitter.com/gGLbJkeHta– tphoto (@tphoto 2005) November 04, 2018
In the middle of the conversations, the former defender began to remember some passages from when he belonged to the team of The Strip. The most shocking of all relates how they placed a firearm on a table to terminate the contract.
“ To terminate the contract was with the 38, the Magnum or the weapon that is above from the table and I would ask you, ‘Isn’t it true that you’re going to terminate the contract? ‘. ”Traverso assured that the president of the institution, at that time, even He hit footballers on his squad.
The leader to whom Traverso refers is Francisco Bernat: the figure that imposed an abrupt hand in the blue-franjia wardrobe. The Argentine recounted the moment when he learned that a player was beaten by Bernat. “The other day we lost, I was in the audience and I went home. Later I found out that the president, who was 1, 20 meters, slapped a colleague (…) At that moment everyone’s reaction was: either everything rots or we shut our mouths ”, said Cristian.
The former Argentine footballer also referred to the strange way in which Bernat faced things. One day after the leader attacked one of his footballers, Cristian Traverso stood in the locker room. “I was a captain. The next day there was a meeting in the locker room and a barbaric quilombo was put together (…) there I said to the president: ‘if you had touched me, I would rip your head off’ . Then the president replied: ‘ Did you see? That is the reaction I want from my players ‘”.
Traverso had an extensive career in the world of football and managed to get some important trophies. The defender conquered a Chilean league, three Argentine leagues, a South American Cup, two Copa Libertadores de América and a Copa Intercontinental.
Today’s birthday 49 years 🇦🇷CRISTIAN TRAVERSO (The tiger), Defender. In # Boca (Between 1997 – 2009) juice 205 Official Matches (G 109-AND53 – P 43), Marco 4 Goals and Won 7 Titles. Metedor, good on the brand and personality. With Bianchi he reached his maximum level. / # CumpleMarto # ExBoca pic.twitter.com/evtyjRqJ1I
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