Diego Martínez and a positive prediction for Boca before the Professional League Cup

Three friendlies, three victories and only one goal conceded. From a numerical point of view the preseason of Mouth has little to complain about, except the nuances of rivals on the sidelines, The main change in the team happens behind closed doors. The landing of Diego Martínez changed habits, changed attitudes and left a clear message which is appreciated by the players themselves, who have demonstrated it on the playing field. Now we will have to wait for the performance to be transferred to the Professional League Cupwhere he will debut against Platense as a visitor and for whom the DT provides “a very high ceiling”.

At 1-0 Gymnastics and shooting in Saltathe victory against Caseros students in Boca Predio and the 2-1 also away in Córdoba last Saturday against Workshops left clues as to what the commander of the new Xeneize cycle means, which will have, in addition to the local tournament, the Argentine Cup and the South American Cup as main objectives.

“Since the pre-season is so short, the feelings are positive, the team has a very high ceiling”said the coach, who wore the Boca shirt on January 2, after dealing with his traumatic departure from Huracán for several weeks.

“We face the most intense team in the country, with young players, with good bases and who have a wide field of work.O. Sometimes with the hierarchy we managed to impose ourselves, I really liked the passages in the first half, but there was a period in which Talleres dominated us and equalised”, he analyzed the match against Talleres, where they won thanks to goals from Luca Langoni and Nicolas Figal.

As for the striker who left the Inferiores, who hopes to recover after a series of injuries last year, Martínez believed that “He has the direct ambition of going in goal” and recalled his formative phase when he was part of the Xeneize coaching staff.

“I have known Luca since he was very young, he is competitive, divine. With a huge heart and desire to make a career. We like him a lot. When we met him he played more on the wing but in this moment, with the freedom to look for offensive impulses, he understands very well when his teammates come down to attack behind him”, he assessed.

The Boca coach then referred to the Uruguayan’s return Edinson Cavaniwho entered his first minutes of the year from the reserves bench, after starting his preparation with particular attention due to the injury suffered at the end of 2023.

“I saw him with a desire to play and a lot of preparation, the work and the matches will bring him closer to his best physical form”confided the coach, who has Miguel Merentiel as his “solution” in attack, so he will have to decide who his partner will be.

A week after making his debut under Vicente López, Martínez assumes that Boca still has to “grow” in its game: “We have to feel that we are a team that can dominate with and without the ball”.

“We are not tied to any system. Ezequiel (Bullaude) at a certain point started playing on the right. The important thing is to understand the moments and functions. We want to have superiority on the axis”he clarified.

Martínez did not leave the market, taking into account that he suffered the important departure of Valentín Barco for Brighton in England and also the landing of the left-handed Kevin Zenón from Unión de Santa Fe.

“We will evaluate with the company to see if there is some other place where someone can go”warning.

Benedetto doesn’t come down

But there is a fundamental point about this new Boca. And this is presumed in every training session, in every video seen of the training sessions that he and his technical staff prepare, but also in the matches. This is what the attacker recognized Dario Benedettoone of the leaders of the team, after the victory in Córdoba.

“It’s nice to end the pre-season with a victory. We’ve done good preparation and now we’re waiting for the start of the championship. We see a technical staff with a lot of sacrifice, desire to work and improve day after day. We’re grasping the idea quickly, it’s very clear what he wants”Pipa highlighted.

Even though he didn’t participate much in the pre-season friendlies – it was the winning goal against Estudiantes – Benedetto left no doubts about his position: “We are all here to add. One wants to play, but from where I am we have to be positive for the group. For my part, I am available to the technical staff, whether I am a starter, substitute or supporting from outside, always being positive, I did “A great pre-season and I hope I can get more minutes”..

And he also came to the crossroads of versions about a possible departure from the club in the short term: “The day I leave I have enough personality, I don’t need anyone to speak for me, I will say it. There is nothing, it’s reality. The day there is something and I make a decision, they will know. ” “from me and not from the press”.