El burrito Ortega career: NEWS & INTERVIEWS

[Paul_NL]

El Burrito missed practiced again!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :(

http://www.ole.com.ar/notas/2007/04/05/um/01394403.html

But atleast he had a big party at Cocodrillo :D

[BigSoccer Bot]

Había faltado el jueves al entrenamiento, a causa de una recaída en su adicción. Ahora no será tenido en cuenta para jugar.

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/08/deportes/d-06601.htm)

[Diego Maradona]

well he ever make the Arg squad ever again, he could have played in 2006 and maybe even 2010 - 5 world cups

[Perndog2006]

wow... me pregunte por mucho tiempo que le habia pasado a el burrito ortega... el es uno de los pocos que respeto de argentina.. el siempre me divertio cuando lo miraba... I remember a game vs serbia or bosnia were he burned 5 players to score a beautiful goal... I was only watching that game to see him play... I hope he gets better.. I had no idea what he was going thru...

[BigSoccer Bot]

El domingo pasado, Daniel Passarella dijo que no lo iba a tener en cuenta. Ayer, sin embargo, el Burrito se autopostuló para estar en el Superclásico.

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/11/deportes/d-05301.htm)

[Paul_NL]

It's a shame if he plays sunday

[BigSoccer Bot]

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/24/deportes/d-05305.htm)

[BigSoccer Bot]

El delantero dice que está bien físicamente y con muchas ganas, que no se reprocha nada y que sabe hablar nada más que en la cancha.

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/25/deportes/d-05101.htm)

[BigSoccer Bot]

Volvió el Burrito. Jugó todo el partido, con dos chispazos y nivel aceptable. Dijo que está en condiciones para jugar el sábado ante Central.

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/04/26/deportes/d-05401.htm)

[BigSoccer Bot]

Cerca suyo dicen que si el Tolo vuelve a Independiente, podría contar con él. En tanto, Passarella se hartó de que no acate las reglas de convivencia.

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/05/03/deportes/d-05801.htm)

[efernandez9]

quien sabe si Ariel jugara el proximo partido para passarella?

[locoxriver]

Necaxa wants to buy el burrito.. It would suck to see him leave. :(

[BigSoccer Bot]

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/05/24/deportes/d-05503.htm)

[BigSoccer Bot]

More... (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/06/13/deportes/d-05605.htm)

[BigSoccer Bot]

Ese es el gran deseo de Ariel Ortega. El Burrito es el referente elegido de Diego Simeone para encarar esta nueva etapa. Además, sueña con la Selección: "Si mantengo el nivel, la ilusión siempre está".

More... (http://www.supergol.com/2008/02/08/5445.php)

[BigSoccer Bot]

El Burrito no se presentó al entrenamiento de esta mañana en Ezeiza donde iba a hacer fútbol para probar si estaba mejor de su lesión. En el club no saben donde está y la noticia cayó muy mal en el cuerpo técnico.

More... (http://www.supergol.com/2008/03/27/6423.php)

[BigSoccer Bot]

El Burrito, que no se presentó al entrenamiento de esta mañana en Ezeiza, se comunicó por la tarde con el técnico Diego Simeone para explicarle que se ausentó "por problemas personales" y no por una supuesta recaída por su adicción al alcohol. Pese a ello, por el club de Núñez no descartan que haya reincidido. El jujeño es una de las dudas para jugar frente a Arsenal.

More... (http://www.supergol.com/2008/03/27/6423.php)

[Volrath]

Poor guy suffered another relapse.

[locoxriver]

Ariel Ortega had unexpectedly missed yesterday's training session. Much was rumoured, but little was confirmed. It wasn't till today that the news was officially released: Unfortunately, "el Burrito" suffered yet another episode in his fight against alcohol.

This is nothing new. In fact, Ortega has a history of drinking problems. His current era in River began in June 2006, though he was set aside for long parts of the year due to this problem. In 2007 he returned to the team and had a strong pre-season. To make things better, he showed signs of good form and even scored a goal vs. Racing in a Torneo de Verano friendly. Shortly after, though, he fell in the alcohol trap once again and Daniel Passarella decided to seperate him from the team until he recuperated. In March of that year, he returned to the pitch. In June, River Plate's directives and coaching staff both agreed that the best thing to do was to place him in a rehabilitation clinic in order get rid of this illness once and for all.

Everything was on the right track since then, and alcohol now seemed like a thing of the past for the legend. To everyone's surprise a new incident happened yesterday. According to the Argentine press, Ariel had attended a party at a club on Wednesday (River was facing Universidad Catolica, but he didn't play because of an injury) and eventually ran into some alcohol. A few hours later he headed home, but the drinks were irreversable.

It is known that alcohol tends to make people react in extreme ways, and Ariel Ortega is no exception to this rule. In fact, the drinks brought out a rage in him, in what ultimately resulted in a heavy argument with his wife Danesa (physical abuse was rumoured to have happened). The neighbors, being concerned because of the loud noises that were occuring, called the Police to check-up on the Ortega household. After doing so, they took Ariel over to the local San Isidro Police station and held him there for approximately two hours.

Meanwhile, in Nuñez nobody knew what was going on with "el Burrito". The news finally broke out today, when Ortega appeared at the team's training session to explain to Simeone what had happened. He later trained with the team, though the "el Cholo" has decided that it is best for him to not concentrate for Sunday's game vs. Arsenal.

This is very unfortunate news. It is not good that he will be missing atleast one game, but this is secondary behind the fact that his illness has not vanished. We -the fans- may be sad to be missing a key player, but his wife, children, and friends will suffer more from losing an important person in their lives to alcohol. Hopefully this is the last episode of his illness - an illness with no cure.

[Andrés_]

This said "party" apparently was Fabian Assmann's birthday celebration, but it seems no one else had troubles besides Ortega.