With just three days as a player of Boca Juniors, Agustín Martegani made his debut as a starter in his new team, in the 3-0 victory over Banfield for the League Tournament, and SportsCenter He followed the ex-San Lorenzo player in his first match as a xeneize.
The former San Lorenzo player took to the field as a starter against Banfield, after only two training sessions with his teammates Fotobaires.com
The midfielder was officially announced last Monday as a Boca reinforcement, he trained twice with his new teammates and on Wednesday night at La Bombonera, Diego Martínez put him in as a starter, in the place that Kevin Zenón usually occupies, as a left midfielderas starting point.
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Martegani looked to link up with the other midfielders, more centrally, as well as to get the ball to the forwards Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentiel, although without managing to put either of them in a dangerous position.
He also tried to help with the recovery. The intentions were good, what was lacking was better execution.
The midfielder seemed a bit slow, out of rhythm, losing a lot in the fight for the ball and imprecise in his passes.
He was replaced in the 83rd minute, in what was a discreet debut, but put into context, one should not be conclusive and see his evolution over time.
How did Diego Martínez see Martegani?
At the end of the pending match for the seventh date, Diego Martínez accepted that using Martegani as a starter, with so little time in the club, “was a difficult decision”, but he assured that he saw him “with a lot of composure and poise”.
The coach had a chat with the player and said he “understood the message.”
Why did you decide to put him on the field so soon? First, it is worth remembering that Boca is doing without its starting midfield, with Cristian Medina, Equi Fernández and Kevin Zenón in the Olympic Games, and precisely, the left sector is where it does not have an alternative that convinces the coach, who in the last matches used the youngster Julián Ceballos.
“We put him in to improve the play between the lines. “He did very well,” Martinez said.
And he added: “He gave us the left-handed profile, the control we were looking for. And he worked very hard on defense. He will contribute a lot to us.”
