Diego Martínez who is an Argentine football manager of Boca Juniors, recently announced his departure from the team’s staff and management. He has resigned from the post of team’s head coach amid the team’s poor performance in Cordoba.
Key Highlights
- The head coach of Boca Juniors Diego Martínez resigned from the team.
- The decision of Diego Martínez’s departure from the team’s staff came after Boca Juniors knocked out in Cordoba.
- Boca could secure only 4 points out of the available 16 points in Copa Sudamericana.
This is to inform you that the head coach of Boca Juniors has stepped from his post. The news of Diego Martínez’s departure from the team came after Boca Juniors were thrashed by Belgrano in their last game played on Saturday, September 28, 2024. This defeat came along with strong criticism from both the players and coaches. Nevertheless, Edinson Cavani criticized himself after a disappointing defeat to Belgrano. But the most shocking update after yesterday’s match was Diego Martínez’s resignation from his post, leaving everyone stunned and perplexed.
The news of Diego Martínez’s resignation ignited a wave of speculations about the reason for his departure. Some even speculated that a head coach might be fired. Since several theories are fabricating online about Diego Martínez’s departure from Boca Juniors, we have shared everything that is known about this recent development. You are suggested to stick with this page and go through the article to the end. Drag down the page.
Diego Martínez’s Departure from Boca Juniors: A Response to Ongoing Team Struggles
Following the disappointing defeat in the must-win match against Belgrano, the head coach of Boca Juniors, Diego Martínez announced his resignation from his post. Following this development, Diego Martínez also opened up about the reason for vacating the post of head coach during a post-game press conference. He said that Boca Juniors’ defeat to River Plate already had put him on the brink of crisis and the team’s defeat in Cordoba left no option for him except to resign from the team.
Shortly after the team’s disappointing defeat to Belgrano, Juan Roman Riquelme was seen in the locker room. It seems that neither fans nor the players of Boca Juniors could process the fact of their 2-0 defeat in Cordoba against Belgrano. Meanwhile, Diego Martínez stepped down from the post of head coach amid the crisis. Although it was already known that Diego Martínez was with the team for a limited time his resignation came a little bit earlier than expected. Given that Juan Roman Riquelme was seen in the locker room a few minutes after Franco Jara scored the winning goal against Boca Juniors, Diego Martínez decided to address the reason for his departure from the team during the press conference.
The head coach admitted that it was not just the team’s defeat to Belgrano that forced him to resign from his post but the team’s elimination in the Round of 16 from the Copa Sudamericana against Cruzeiro led him to announce his departure from the team. In addition, Boca Juniors’ continuous poor performance and consecutive defeats to Racing and River also drove his decision.
Diego Martínez believed that at that moment, they all felt a bit responsible and his resignation from the team’s head coach role was the healthiest decision for them which will help the players to overcome this difficult time. The new coach of the Boca Juniors will be selected by the board led by Juan Roman Riquelme in the coming days. Stay tuned to this website for more details.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Diego Martínez coached Boca Juniors for 45 matches in which the team won 21, lost 11, and played 13 draws.
- He joined the team as head coach earlier this year in January.