Hugo Perotti slams double striker, questions Aguirre signing | OneFootball

Hugo Perotti, a Boca glory from the 70s and 80s, stated that he does not like the offensive duo of Xeneize made up of Edinson Cavani and Miguel Merentiel, criticized the team's current state and slammed the arrival of Brian Aguirre to the club: "I don't know what they saw in him to bring him in, he doesn't convince me".

"I don't like the double nine, I never liked it," said Mono at the beginning of his analysis, in a conversation with the Boca de Selección fan medium. The truth is that the Uruguayans have been starters together in the last six matches, in which they only managed to score three goals: two from the Matador (Atlético Tucumán and Banfield) and one from the Beast (Banfield).

Perotti gave his opinion on why the former PSG player keeps his place in the eleven, despite his performance not being the best. "They are still both playing because it seems that there is one who cannot be touched, which is Cavani, otherwise they would not have been playing with the double nine for a long time", he explained and added a forceful phrase: "Boca never in its history played with a double nine".

Although the team led by Miguel Ángel Russo managed to get back on track in the Clausura Tournament, accumulated three consecutive victories and placed third in Zone A, the former footballer criticized the team's current state. "Even though they have won three matches, I am convinced that they did not beat big or solid teams. They won three matches that were winnable at any time and in any era of the club's life", he stated.

Finally, when asked about his ideal eleven, Mono excluded Brian Aguirre and vehemently criticized the management for having gone after him a year ago (he came from Newell's for 5 million dollars): "I would take out a 9 and put another midfielder. I would put Chango Zeballos in for Aguirre, he doesn't convince me. I don't know what they saw in him to bring him in, whether it's overlaps, fallbacks, crosses or goals. I hadn't really seen him before Boca", he concluded.

Perotti's time at Boca The Moreno native made his debut with the blue and yellow jersey in 1977 and was at the club until 1984, except for a brief stint at Nacional de Medellín in 1982.

In 1985 he moved to Gimnasia and shortly afterwards, he retired from football at only 25 years old due to a knee injury. In total, he played 151 matches in Xeneize, scored 29 goals and won two titles (Libertadores 78 and Metropolitano 81).

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