Benedetto praised Martínez and marked a drastic difference with the other coaches he had at Boca

After three months, Dario Benedetto He returned to Boca as a starter and did it in the best possible way by converting the Xeneize’s decisive 2-0 victory over Tigre and setting the path to achieve the first victory of the cycle Diego Martinez. After the meeting, the Tube He showed his joy at the goal, as well as taking advantage of the moment to throw a “stick” at the latest coaches passing through the blue-white institution, at the same time praising the work of his current coach.

“I’m 33 years old and I don’t know everything, I continue to learn every day, There is a hard-working coaching staff, with a lot of enthusiasm, who reaches out to the player“, admitted the attacker, after reaching the 71 goals as a Boca player and possibly feel important in your influence within the team again.

And he continued praising Martínez: “He is a transparent person and he is with those who play, with those who don’t play and this is very noticeable in the team. “You have to try to be positive, listen to him and do what he wants.”

However, in his statements, Benedetto would not hesitate to harshly criticize his latest coaches being satisfied with the way the team works. Gigolo. “It’s been a long time since we had a coach who lives with the team, who talks to the one who is painted and with whom he plays all the matches“, attacked the number 9, underlining the role that Martínez gives to that player who doesn’t play, a situation that Pipa has suffered recently.

“It’s a coaching staff that penetrates deeply into the team and is very good, Then we will have to try to bring him onto the pitch but this is reflected“added Pipa throwing his dart.

Finally, he concluded with an analysis of his return to scoring after a long period of abstinence. “I hadn’t played for several minutes, I took advantage of it, I felt good on the pitch, it’s nice to be able to convert and I haven’t done it for a while“I hope I can continue like this,” he confessed after scoring a goal in four months.

Since his return to Boca in January 2022, Benedetto has been coached by Sebastiano Battaglia, Ugo Ibarra AND Jorge Almiron. However, it will be with the current coach of Colo Colo that Pipa will lose ownership and importance when a new competition is presented, given the high performance of the Miguel Merentiel and the arrival of Edinson Cavani. Added to this is the fact that he had to go through one of the longest negative streaks since he wore the blue shirt.

Perhaps, the most highlighted in the statement is the former coach of Lanús, with whom Pipa had to watch several games from the reserves bench and not have the desired minutes. Even those little shoots suffered when their paths crossed in Elche, Spain.

However, the phrase of the ‘9’ Xeneize does not seem to leave the predecessors who were in charge out of focus.

Benedetto’s support in the face of Cavani’s drought

With Benedetto’s goal, added to the fact that Miguel Merentiel has already scored two goals this year, the only center forward who hasn’t yet been able to celebrate at Boca is Edinson Cavani. On this occasion the Uruguayan watched the match against Tigre as a winger after suffering a contracture which prevented him from being part of the squad.

Given the situation, Pipa tried to analyze the streak that his teammate is going through after not being completely comfortable in front of goal. “I haven’t told him anything but he knows it, in his head He has 500 goals, what can I say?, I don’t even reach half of what he has. The other day the situations were provided, It happened to me when I arrived at Bocathat I had situations and I couldn’t transform them, and I always said that if there are chances, the goal will come”, he commented.

And he declared: “He is nine years old like me and we both live on goals, Miguel didn’t give it to us and yes, he has a very good period and we have to try to keep it that way, he is giving it and not me and Edi and we try to support each other. We are ahead and we live by thisboth of you be positive for the group.