Darío Benedetto and his list of missed penalties against Boca growing up in Bolivia: “No one wants to score a goal more than me”

Darío Benedetto is a great scorer, but has difficulty with penalties. And if it’s true that she just missed it 6 of 23 who kicked with the Boca shirt, five of them were in the last 9 games. Demoted from Edinson Cavani AND Miguel Merentieltoday he is the third center forward taken into consideration Diego Martinez. And this Wednesday, in Potosí, he missed a great opportunity from eleven meters, when his shot shattered the crossbar.

“As a striker I take the penalty. I know I had a good first half, but I’m leaving with a lot of anger. As soon as you touch the ball, it goes up. It is noticeable in the changes in front and in the centers, which never goes down. I want to convert, I can’t, but I have to keep working,” explained Pipa after the match.

Four of the five missed penalties were deflected (two against Corinthians for the 2022 Libertadores, one against Talleres de Córdoba for the 2022 Professional League and this Thursday in Potosí). What stopped him was José Devecchifor the 2023 League Cup.

“No one but me wants to score the goal. I’m angry about it, but I still have the team’s performance, we played a great match,” said the striker, who wore the captain’s ribbon in the almost 4,000 meters in Potosi.

Martínez also spoke about that play that could have been decisive: “Darío had to hit the crossbar, the team didn’t suffer, he continued forward. In the second half he tried, perhaps at times due to tiredness and less control.”

Despite the importance of an international premiere, there was also room for a registered trademark managed by Juan Román Riquelme, and which he takes care of valorising at every opportunity. Three Boca Predio products have joined the list of rookies in the Xeneize: Milton Delgado (18 years), Iker Zufiaurre (18) e Walter Molas (19).

“I’m happy because some of the Reserve boys were able to make their debut and it’s a great pleasure to know that they are emotionally prepared to play in the Boca shirt,” he concluded.