The painful memory of Lisandro Martínez: “It was unfortunate”

The defender of manchester united and the Argentina team, Lisandro Martinez, recorded his passage through Newell’s in his beginnings as a professional and criticized the management of the leadership and the coaches at that time, since he did not feel that they “were qualified” to carry out a club of that hierarchy.

“At Newell`s I did not feel that I was going to play professionally, beyond having made my debut. I was champion in the Reserve where there were many guys with projection and dreams, but through the coach who was there at the time and people who didn’t project with those guys.today perhaps they are without clubs or in places where they don’t deserve it”, assured the world champion in Qatar 2022.

The central defender made his debut as a professional in Newell’s on June 27, 2017, in a 2-0 defeat against Godoy Cruz as local.

martinez He started in that game played at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium and had a very good performance, despite the fact that the team could not keep the victory against Mendoza.

His participation in the First Division was due to the fact that in 2016 he was champion of the Reserve Tournament with the Rosario team, defeating in the final River by 3 to 2.

The defender was one of the figures of the championship and it earned him to be called by the coach John Paul Voivode for the following season.

Despite the anger with the management of the club by several players from that champion squad, martinez He highlighted the support of the fans and never reproached them for anything: “What happened to me has nothing to do with people. The fans showed me all their love“.