“If we manage to leave Huracán in first gear, we will fight to enter among the four,” said Martínez

Huracán’s coach, Diego Martínez, expressed his pride in the performance of “Globo”, after tonight’s away victory over River Plate by 2 to 1, and said he had “a lot of satisfaction for a group that leaves everything for Huracán stays in first.”

“If we analyze the game, River was superior to us, but the team defended very well, we knew that we were going to have few situations and we had to take advantage of them,” he commented at a press conference.

“They had control of the game and more than 25 approaches against eight of ours, and at times we defended 6-3-1,” he analyzed, in reference to the loose ball possession of the team led by coach Martín Demichelis.

“It’s not what we like the most, but the kids understood the context, they respected the game plan and we made the fans happy,” exclaimed the 44-year-old coach.

In addition, he referred to the entry of forward Franco Alfonso, whose pass belongs to River Plate, who scored the winning goal, the first of his career, with 3 minutes left in the game.

“Every time he comes in he generates things, he is young and has a lot of dynamics, but it is not my merit and it does not make me a better coach,” he argued.

“Winning on River’s field generates great expectations for us, hopefully it will help us take off a bit,” he said about the situation of “Globo” in the annual table, where with this victory it was 3 points away from the relegation zone.

“Our main objective is to leave Huracán in first class, if we achieve this, we will be able to fight to enter among the four,” he concluded.

Martínez, former coach of Tigre and Godoy Cruz, has accumulated 20 games in Parque Patricios, with 10 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, and the ‘Quemero’ momentarily reached second position in Zone A, 3 units behind the leader River.