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Tevez 鈥榝eels alive again鈥 with Boca

Carlos Tevez said he felt 鈥渁live again鈥 after marking the start of his third spell with Boca Juniors by setting up a goal in his team鈥檚 2-0 win over Colon de Santa Fe.

The former Manchester United and Juventus striker 鈥 who turns 34 next week 鈥 is back at his childhood club after a miserable and controversial brief spell with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.

Cristian Pavon gave Boca a second-minute lead with Charrua Nandez adding the second just after the hour mark in Saturday鈥檚 game.

鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting to feel being alive again,鈥 Tevez, who was named captain for the match, told TV channel TyC Sports.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an extra motivation for me that people continue to show the same affection. I enjoyed every moment. I don鈥檛 see myself suffering, I am very happy to be here.鈥

Tevez, who earlier played for Boca between 2001-2004 and 2015-2016, arrived back after describing his time at Shenhua as a 鈥渉oliday鈥.

He was widely criticized in China as he struggled for form after Shenhua reportedly made him the world鈥檚 highest-paid player on a weekly salary of 730,000 euros (US$899,000).

鈥淚t鈥檚 fine because I was on holiday for seven months,鈥 he joked in an interview with TyC Sports earlier.

After Saturday鈥檚 match, he added: 鈥淢y family suffered a lot but I鈥檓 trying to get ahead and give people joy.鈥

Tevez鈥檚 remarks on his time in China fuelled an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media, with fans of a number of CSL clubs rounding on the man often disparagingly labelled 鈥渧ery homesick boy鈥.

鈥淎fter looking at Tevez鈥檚 interview my heart as a Chinese football fan is again deeply hurt,鈥 wrote one on Weibo. 鈥淲hile we are chasing Tevez like a rat crossing the street, China鈥檚 (football) managers should also do some good self-reflection.鈥


 

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