With a pure shout of goal, Darío Benedetto is close to the top 20 of Boca's all-time scorers
.
With 64 goals, he has already surpassed
Jorge Comas
and reached
Ricardo Gareca
.
With the hat-trick in Santiago del Estero, 'Pipa' gave a new example of his ability: with just
two games played in the last 10
that 'Xeneize' played, he was more current than ever.
"I think the figure was the team beyond the three goals
," he said as an attempt not to appear vain, somewhat stripped of those spicy phrases that characterize him.
"I repeat: the figure was the team and it was reflected in the 90 minutes"
, he added, although all the flashes were directed at him.
What's wrong with Pipe?
During the match, he also did not cross paths with the referee
Andrés Merlos
.
“I don't want to jump anymore, otherwise they're going to take me as a point, little by little I'm learning to deal with these issues with the referees: from now on
I'm going to be like that
.
I was calmer, ”he acknowledged.
With his hat-trick, the 'Xeneize' achieved a new title, but his last appearance had been in Abu Dhabi, where he could not play against Racing, who won the International Super Cup.
That day he was part of the team because he was exempt from serving the sanction that, along with 10 other soccer players, he had received for the battle of San Luis, where he also won the Avellaneda team when the 2022 Champions Trophy was played.
“I am very happy to come back like this in a final”
, he said before the television cameras, with a serenity that seems inappropriate.
The last (and only) time that Benedetto had scored three goals in the same game with the Boca shirt was in 2016, when he thrashed Quilmes, then in the First Division.
With the task accomplished,
Hugo Ibarra
resolved to change him so that he would retire to the applause of the Boca fans who filled their spaces in the Madre de Ciudades.
After the final whistle, he was one of the first to jump off the bench to look for the shirts with the new
#SiempreBoca
print and the number 74: the number of stars that Xeneize has added since Wednesday night.
He took the ball, greeted each of the referees, and gave himself up to the celebration:
jumping and hugging each of his teammates until the medal ceremony arrived
.
The deepest hug was with
Marcelo Weigandt
.
"I hugged Chelo because I love him a lot. I've known him since he was a boy, since he trained I saw him going up and I know how eager he is.
I love him very much,"
he explained.
When reviewing the three goals, he revealed how the first one beat.
"The truth is that 0.50 was paid by the center of (Nicolás) Figal, but I saw him overflow and I got into the area
," he summed up.
But before the medals there was a spark from Benedetto that bothers rivals so much and that Boca fans usually celebrate:
"We are the greatest, we are the only ones
," he blurted out and ran to look for his medal.
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