Forty-four minutes after what was agreed, with journalists and photographers waiting since 7 p.m., Diego Hernán Martínez He was presented as Boca’s new coach. He was another late night show of the management of Juan roman riquelmewho a week ago waited until minutes before midnight to show the image of the DT signing his contract after his discussed separation from Huracán.
At 9:14 p.m.Martínez appeared in the Bombonera conference room, close to the professional team’s locker room, accompanied by Riquelme in his first public appearance as president of the institution after the delayed elections in which he defeated Andrés Ibarra, on December 17.
A while before Martínez, in a black T-shirt, and Riquelme, in a shirt of the same color, sat down in front of the auditorium, some members of the Football Council with Chicho Serna at the helm and the eight members of the coaching staff, who marched in a kind of single file from the back of the stage. They are the three field assistants Cristian Bardaro, Adrián Gonzalez and Gustavo Rodríguezphysical trainers John Manuel Conte and Leandro Mazziottithe goalkeeper coach Pablo Campodónicothe video analyst Omar Mateo and the coaching manager Patricio Ciavarella.
“Martínez made a lot of effort to stop coming. We will do a lot of work so that the bosteros can really enjoy 2024. Here we leave you with the star.”released a smiling and relaxed Riquelme who acted as presenter before the questions from the journalists began and the answers from the coach, who showed the calm that characterizes him, without too much stridency and with great clarity in his concepts.
“It is a desired and sought-after experience for us, we are very happy to return to the club. This first week we felt a very great closeness and predisposition from the footballers. Training footballers of this size is very difficult for this coaching staff but they do not make it very easy or fluid. “We are very happy,” were the first words of the coach, who warned that he will try to put together “a balanced team that will not be tied to a system.” And he made it clear what his trademark will be. “Boca makes you get the most out of each person, because that is what the institution demands of you.. What we are going to look for is to win every weekend and compete in every competition. Boca forces you… Then it’s football and there are three possible results, but we will try every weekend to go out and win, to propose and show Boca’s name in each stadium.”
Immediately, when asked about his career as a coach – he was in the lower divisions of Boca between 2011 and 2015 and then coached in all categories -, Martínez considered that this opportunity came to him in “at a fairly mature moment as a coaching staff”. And he reviewed: “It’s been 8 years since I had to leave the club and we have had a long journey, we had to go through all the categories, live experiences, reach First Division… We are prepared for the most important challenge as a coaching staff”.
Martínez also told what his first four days were like as head of the team and praised the youth player. Jabes Saralegui20 years old, who had already added minutes in First Division in Jorge Almirón’s cycle.
“The youth players are going to have the important place that the club gives them and as important as the most experienced ones.. We want to bring out the best version of each one. Those with experience to guide young people and young people who listen to the greats to continue growing and show their ability. The idea is to grow every day. There are no divisions, it is a group that we are going to build.”
He Gigolo He threw a dribble when talking about the transfer market, although he avoided giving proper names when talking about the possible reinforcements that will arrive at the squad, that will start the year decimated by the five players who will be affected by the Sub 23 that will play the Pre-Olympic (Leandro Brey, Nicolás Valentini, Valentín Barco, Ezequiel Fernández and Cristian Medina). “That we have footballers in the National Team is great and we would love to be able to train them. As for reinforcements, we have to see how the market moves and based on the needs we have, we will complete the squad. We are looking for details to complete it as we want.”.
Before receiving a Boca shirt from Raúl Cascini and posing for a photo with him and Riquelme, he did not avoid talking about the Superclásico that will be played on February 25. “The classic is a separate match, but before that there are six very important matches. We will try to get there in the best way. Then the classic we will think about winning it. We want to be protagonists, something that we feel in the game that is accompanied by the history of the institution, Boca demands that you be a protagonist wherever you play.”
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