Tata Martino’s daughter revealed how her family experienced the truncated negotiation to be Boca DT

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The name of Gerardo Martino rang, and very strong, to be the new coach of Boca. El Tata, who finally declined the offer made by the ‘xeneize’ leadership headed by Juan Roman Riquelmewas the main goal but for family reasons he decided not to accept the assignment.

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Noel Martino, Daughter of the former coach of Newell’s and the Argentine national team, she is Undersecretary of Sport in Rosario and gave an interview to ‘Sobran Los Motivos’, a television series on the Telefé channel of the city of Santa Fe.

Photo: JUAN JOSE GARCIA - Clarin

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Photo: JUAN JOSE GARCIA – Clarin

Is that in the days when his father was linked to Boca World they were hectic. The surname Martino was on television, on portals, on social networks and in the words of all football fans. “They were years of a lot of exposure, then he calmed down a bit for directing abroad. Now we’ve almost forgotten about it and it’s been a whirlwind for the last 48 hours.”expressed Noel about how he experiences his father’s exhibit.

But in Rosario being a Martino is not easy. Tata is the most important word at Newell’s, having played 509 games and won three titles as a player. Furthermore, as a coach he also made an Olympic tour, in the remembered team of 2013.

“We were born with this, all our lives we live this way. We never get bad surprises. All our lives we live in the same house, so everyone knows where we live. They rang the bell and came over. Since my old man, and his he example of how close he is to everyone, does the same things, goes to the same cafes, has the same friends.”detailed Tata’s daughter.

How did Argentina-Mexico go with Tata directed by El Tri?

Gerardo Martino’s last experience on a substitute bench dates back to a few months ago. The former Barcelona manager was in charge of Mexico from 2019 until their elimination from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. During his time with the Mexico national team, he managed to win the 2019 Gold Cup.

But fate wanted him to face the Argentina national team in the group stage and his daughter recounted the collection of emotions that this situation has generated: “We were all watching the draw separately but you saw when you felt, deep inside you, that it was going to happen. When it was a draw and it happened, it was the worst thing that could have happened to us. It automatically breaks your heart in the middle because you want dad to win, like always, but it’s Argentina.”, contacted. And he completed, “If I have to tell you a word, it was awful.”

Martin’s future

Martino’s idea is reportedly to extend the break until June and, if he has offers, to resume work with the start of the season. Although Boca’s opportunity was tempting, he would prefer to wait until mid-year to lead a project that starts from scratch and which he can lower the mark.

Source: Clarin

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