In the midst of a lackluster season for Mouth, Diego Martinez He would be on the verge of being released from the club he presides over Juan Roman RiquelmeIn this context of disappointing results, they revealed a bombshell about the future of the coach and his possible replacement.
According to the host of Super Mitre Deportivo, Gabriel Anello, the name that sounds strong to take over from Martínez is that of Guillermo Barros Schelottoone of the legends of Boca Juniors. “I think Guillermo doesn’t want to manage any team in the world, he wants to manage Boca”he assured.
The journalist also indicated that one point in favour of this scenario is Schelotto’s relationship with Riquelme: “They don’t get along badly, they get along well.” The truth is that the idol of the xeneizes had already been one of the candidates to occupy the place left vacant by Jorge Almirón in November 2023.
It is worth remembering that Barros Schelotto is one of Boca’s great idols. As a player he played 300 matches and scored 86 goals. He won 16 titles, including four Libertadores Cups and two Intercontinental Cups. Later he returned as coach to become two-time champion of Argentine football.
DIEGO DIAZ’S ANALYSIS OF DIEGO MARTÍNEZ’S PRESENT AT BOCA
Diego Díaz analyzed Diego Martínez’s current situation as a coach in one of his latest columns in The USA Print. “Diego Martínez’s time as Boca coach is clearly not the best,” he said, and continued: “I think he is experiencing what Battaglia, Ibarra and Jorge Almirón have had to go through, which is the power of influence of a guy as important as Juan Román Riquelme.”
“I get the feeling that at times he forgets his role and becomes the great idol of the Boca fans, who goes and talks to the players and turns something, an exceptional resource, into a system of conduct.”he contributed.
And he argued: “Decisive moments are coming up. Boca loses a lot on the road, it doesn’t play well. This has to do with a general instability in Argentine football. But it really shouldn’t lose much, less than now.”
