After Boca Juniors’ 1-0 victory against Vélez at La Bombonera with Edinson Cavani’s goal, Diego Martinez He analyzed the match at the press conference and acknowledged that his team had to fight against a great rival, but that they were able to prevail thanks to small details to get the three points that allow them to remain hopeful in the Professional League.
“We are facing a very good team, with a lot of work, with an offensive vocation, with young footballers who hide their offensive characteristic through great collective work. We had a good first half, we created clear situations to open the scoring, we had approaches and better control. After that goal, Vélez was superior and led us to play very close to Sergio (Romero), they had a couple of approaches and we win it with those details“, began the Boca coach.
Then, he highlighted the importance of adding three again before the break in the domestic tournament: “It is a very important victory for us. The truth is that the start was not as we expected and in this very even Argentine football we are in an expectant position but finishing winning at home gives us hope. We have one more final left, which is for the Argentine Cup and we will try to get through the phase and rest.”
About the incorporation of Gary Medelwho was present in the stadium watching the match, Martínez was satisfied and noted: “We have expectations that it can make us a better team, Contribute from your hierarchy and experienceboth on and off the field, so that the boys can copy the professionalism that he has. It gives us options within the same game to play both as a center back and as a midfielder.. He is already training with the squad, since he is in competition he has already trained with the players who were not called up and that is an advantage.”
* Diego Martínez referred to the arrival of Gary Medel
On the other hand, regarding the possibility of losing players for the Copa Sudamericana playoff match against Independiente del Valle, Martínez clarified that He is proud that Boca footballers are called up to play for Argentina in the Olympic Games, but it will be “a pain” not to have them on the field. He specifically referred to the cases of Cristian Medina, Ezequiel Fernández, Kevin Zenón and goalkeeper Leandro Brey.
“I would like to be able to count on all the players, but the National Team seems to me to be the priority above all.”. They are going to compete in an Olympic Games, which from what one read, is a beautiful competition to experience, the maximum of what amateur sport is. I spoke about it with Equi (Fernández) who is a unique experience. Obviously for us it is a nightmare because we play important things for when that competition is being played but it makes us very happy and fills us with pride,” he said.
OTHER PHRASES BY DIEGO MARTÍNEZ:
– Reinforcements: “We still don’t talk about everything that’s coming, just informal talks about some positions and what will happen to our future in the cup coinciding with the Olympic Games and the players that we may lose, who are very important for us. We will speak after the game with Almirante Brown with the Football Council and the president.”
– The return of Changuito Zeballos: “That we have him back is spectacular for us, we see that he is doing very well, that he is eager to get involved and we talk a lot about the game. He is very intelligent and you can see his concerns from the game. For us that is great. God willing, he will be back after the break to train alongside the group.”
* Diego Martínez analyzed Pol Fernández’s performance and talked about Anselmino’s injury
– The duel against Independiente del Valle: “We started to prepare it as a coaching staff with editing and watching games. We face a rival who has been working very well for a long time and has achieved achievements. He has a line of conduct in choosing coaches and footballers. It will be a very nice game to play at altitude and at home, it will be an open game and two balanced teams will face each other.”
– Pol Fernández’s performance: “It makes me happy that he had a game like today again. In the first half as the initiator to loosen the sides, in the second he made an important effort and that is why he did not finish the game. I’m happy for him how he’s finishing the semester because he had a difficult start. He is intelligent to understand the game and it is important for the coach to have a player like that.”
– Aaron Anselmino’s injury: “It’s a shame. The truth is I don’t know what the extent of his injury is, he was in very bad shape, it was a terrible play, extremely dangerous for any footballer and on top of that it came from his recovery.”
