Tata Martino: "My year at Barça was the worst of my career"

Gerardo Martino is at present the seleccionador of Mexico but also directed to the FC Barcelona, during the season 2013-2014. In some statements made this Thursday collected by the Sportive World, the Argentinian trainer admitted that it does not save too many good memories of his stage in the Barcelona bench, since his methods were very criticised.

The 'Tata' regretted that his task like trainer reduced in what functions, being simply an agent. "From the side of the results was not a bad year. We win a title (the Supercopa) and play a final, but in Barcelona what matters is how many titles win. However, I say that it was my worst year because my contribution like trainer initiated and finished with the management of the team", explained.

"The speed went to do to the most complete Barcelona because when there were lapses of command of the rival team, was well this to retreat and go out to the space"

In his arrival to the Barça, Martino had Leo Messi, Alexis Sánchez, Pedro and Neymar, by what tried to include the contragolpe in the catalogue of resources of the team. Nevertheless, it remembers that the press and the barcelonismo in general were very critical with him independently that his method worked, since it was very distinct to the seen in the glorious stage of Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova.

The 'Tata' exemplified it with a Classical in the Camp Nou. "There are questions that my management had short life and for me was key the classical with the Real Madrid that win by 2-1 home. The second goal do it running to the space and if the Barcelona ran to the space was because something did not finish to square. But I understood that if something could add him to the team was to not to deny him the possibility to run", said.

Besides, Martino saw that this speed in spaces that tried to implant he in the team and that so criticised was, afterwards was praised when the following year imposed it Luis Enrique. "The speed went to do to the most complete Barcelona because when there were lapses of command of the rival team, was well this to retreat and go out to the space. This carried it out to the following year with Luis Enrique", commented.

His stage with Paraguay, the best

Tata Martino if it remembers with special affection his stage in the selection of Paraguay, with which achieved to arrive to quarter-finals in the World-wide of South Africa 2010. "What gave me the opportunity to head to Paraguay was my step of five years in the local football, especially the semifinals of Glass Libertadores that achieve with Freedom in 2006. It excited me the quality of footballers that could have", affirmed.

Curiously, the ex technical culé does not see like player in a team trained by him same. "Difficult that a player like me had fit in a team directed by me. I was a footballer that stood out me by my technical qualities and in function to my slowness was developing the fact to play fast to one and to two touch, with which dissembled my physical slowness", sentenced.