📉 'Maravilla' Martínez's scoring slump deepens Racing crisis | OneFootball

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·13 September 2026

📉 'Maravilla' Martínez's scoring slump deepens Racing crisis

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Racing Club is going through one of its worst footballing spells in recent years. With just five points earned in the Clausura Tournament, La Academia’s poor run has coincided with Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez’s pronounced scoring drought, as he has found the net only once all semester.

From lethal striker to declining efficiency

Far from the 30 goals he scored in 2024 and his remarkable numbers in 2025, the forward has managed just eight goals in 2026 across the Apertura, Copa Argentina, and Sudamericana, while still waiting to score in the current domestic competition after enduring droughts of up to 966 minutes without a goal.


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Frustration and indiscipline on the pitch

The lack of goals has led to key mistakes in derbies — such as the missed penalty against Independiente — and two straight red-card dismissals so far this year, revealing a clear state of frustration in Racing’s top scorer.

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