Bareiro on Palermo at Boca: «He gave me belief and got me scoring again» | OneFootball

Adam Bareiro got off to a flying start in his spell at Boca. In addition to the four goals he has scored in the seven matches he has played, he has fit in excellently with a team that has been functioning much better since his arrival and since Tomás Aranda’s emergence. In that regard, the Paraguayan explained that there was one very important person who helped him regain confidence and who knows the Boca world very well: Martín Palermo. El Titán, who was his coach at Fortaleza, helped him rebuild his relationship with scoring after a forgettable spell at River.

“When he arrived at Fortaleza, I wasn’t doing well. He told me he knew my qualities, that I didn’t have to prove anything to him. He gave me confidence and I started scoring again,” Bareiro said in Desde La Boca, the club’s official magazine. Wearing the Brazilian side’s shirt, he scored 11 goals in 31 matches, but he could not prevent relegation to Serie B.

“Having him as a coach was a privilege. I built a very nice relationship with Martín, and he was one of the first people I spoke to before arriving at Boca. He told me the Boca world was special and that I should get ready to enjoy it,” the Paraguayan added.

And for now, the advice of the all-time top scorer in Xeneize history has paid off, because Bareiro earned a starting spot and so far has risen to the occasion. He scored a brace on his debut against Gimnasia de Chivilcoy and, although he went through a small four-match drought, in all of them he had clear chances and played for the benefit of his teammates.

Against Instituto, after a tense wait for a prior VAR review, he found the net again, and in the following round against Talleres he scored the game’s only goal to give a very important victory to Claudio Úbeda’s side. This Tuesday, from 9:30 p.m. at Claro Arena in Chile, Bareiro will make his Copa Libertadores debut in Boca’s blue and gold against Universidad Católica.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.