08/19/2021 6:04 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/19/2021 6:44 AM
Darío Benedetto left Olympique de Marseille led by Jorge Sampaoli and became a new Elche player, who
presented him on his official Twitter account
during the early hours of this Thursday.
In the ten-second video published by the institution of La Liga de España, the unmistakable and characteristic tattoos of the former Boca Juniors scorer are shown.
At the end, the shadow of the player's profile is observed, who wears his new clothing, and
there are no doubts
.
The 31-year-old forward, who landed in Spain during the last morning on a private flight, arrives at the
special request of the technical director
Fran Escribá, who asked the leaders of the Valencian team to reinforce the offensive of the squad.
Meanwhile, Benedetto chose to leave the French Ligue 1 club in search of
greater continuity and minutes on the court
, since he was not taken into account by whoever was the coach of the Argentine National Team during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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- Elche Football Club 🌴 (@elchecf) August 19, 2021
Without going any further, in the first two dates of the local tournament, the attacker entered averaging the second half.
In the debut, with a 3-2 victory against Montpellier, he was on the substitutes' bench until 18 minutes into the complement, while in the second commitment, where he drew 2-2 against Bordeaux, he entered at 20 minutes of the match. second stage.
It is that Sampaoli decided to stop the starting team without a classic center forward and used Dimitri Payet as a false nine.
In the last season, Benedetto made 40 appearances for the French team, scoring six goals, providing three assists and seeing the red card twice.
In total, Pipa accumulated
70 commitments in Marseille, with 17 goals and 5 goals.
Being extra-EU, the French club released a quota and has time until August 31, the day the transfer market closes in Europe, to try another transfer.
Darío Benedetto will be a shareholder and player in Elche.
Photo Clement Mahoudeau / AFP
It will be the eighth shirt in the career of Benedetto, who has already worn the colors of Arsenal de Sarandí, Defensa y Justicia, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, Xolos de Tijuana, América de México, Boca Juniors and Olympique de Marsella.
On his arrival at his new club, Christian Bragarnik had a lot to do, or rather everything.
The representative is the majority shareholder of the club and even made that last year Pipa
also acquired shares in the institution
, so he will not only be a player, but will also represent his own economic interests from within the playing field.
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