Martinoli criticized Rafa Puente as coach

Martionli and Rafa Puente (Infobae)

Without being able to stand out or show a record within the Clausura 2023, the management of the technical director of the Pumas, Rafael Puente Jr. has been one of the most notable in the current contest. For the same reason, the famous Argentine-Mexican narrator and commentator, Christian Martinoli, joined the criticism and questioned his career as a coach in the first division.

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After 11 games played, the university team marches as the third from last place in the tournament with only 11 units, the product of three wins, two draws and six losses, being one of the worst teams in the Clausura 2023 so far. With six games to go to culminate the regular phase, the auriazul fans already showed their discontent with the Mexican helmsman.

During one of the broadcasts of the sports program Los Protagonistas, Martinoli pointed out that Puente del Río’s speeches only remain in simple words and he cannot capitalize on practice on the pitch. Since he began as a coach in the first division with the Lobos BUAP, the Mexican has not been able to seal a good campaign in terms of numbers.

The fans booed Pumas for their defeat against Puebla (Twitter/ @Alonso_Cabral)

“Pumas gave a losing coach a project, an absolute loser. I mean, Rafa speaks beautifully and handles an extraordinary language and he is a charismatic and well-read guy, that is perfect, but the results do not support everything he mentions. Possibly he should cover up a bit more and not talk so much.” Christian mentioned.

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Finally, he sarcastically pointed out how the former Querétaro coach would do quite well. “For example, I would hire Rafita as a speaker, as a motivator. He talks to you straight for two hours without repeating words, with synonyms in a spectacular way, with a clear idea. I would hire Rafita instead of hiring the Doctor. Later on for Rafita on the subject of statistics and technical management it is already difficult for him, but the other…”

As is well known, the TV Azteca narrator is someone who has been identified for saying the things he thinks without “minding words.” Mishaps with figures like Angel Reyna, Miguel Herrera and even with the famous chef Salt Bae, have made clear the idiosyncrasies of those born in Argentina. However, we will have to wait to see if Rafa Puente has any reaction to his comments.

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It was in the summer of 2015 when the high command of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) decided to cut the management of “Piojo” due to a small fight that he had with his daughter against the talents of TV Azteca, this after the poor performance that the Tricolor had during their title in the 2015 Gold Cup, as well as the elimination of the 2015 Copa América in Chile, where they could not get past the group stage

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The problem was not that Martinoli and the “Doctor” criticized Herrera’s work and performance in front of the Tri, but in their eagerness to criticize, they began to get into somewhat more personal issues and off-court issues; in addition to also calling Miguel’s daughter by a nickname without her consent.

This is how Martinoli reacted the day Miguel “Piojo” Herrera attacked him (Photo: YouTube/MR FIFA)

It was there when both parties met at the Philadelphia airport to return to Mexico City. The moment Herrera saw Christian, she did not hesitate to face him and claim the way he expressed himself about his person and his daughter. Such claims reached the point of shoving and exchanging words, which were recorded and were the argument to thank Miguel as coach of the Aztec team.

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