The Boca captain suffered a serious muscle injury and will be out of the field for at least a month.
Mouth confirmed today that the central defender Marcos Rojo suffered a tear in his left calf during the warm-up in Saturday’s friendly against Gymnastics and Jump Shooting.
In the pre-competitive warm-up of the friendly match against the champion of the Federal A Tournament In the North of the country, the former Argentine National Team player felt discomfort in his left leg and was unable to play in the match where, once the match was over, the player from La Plata could be seen leaving on crutches. This Monday, studies were carried out that showed that he suffered a tear in his left calf.
The 33-year-old footballer was going to start on Saturday night in Jump but, because of this, the brand new coach Diego Martinez had to remove him from the starting eleven to put Cristian Lemathe only reinforcement of Mouth in this pass market.
This is the eighth injury suffered by the former Estudiantes de La Plata in his almost three years at “Xeneize” and, in addition, it is the third muscle injury in the last eight months. With his torn ligaments in October 2022, he began this series that led the world runner-up in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to be present in only 16 games in all of 2023.
Red He will be out of the field for at least 21 days, meaning he will miss the next friendlies against Students from Buenos Aireson Wednesday behind closed doors at the property owned by Boca in Ezeiza, before Córdoba Workshopson Saturday at Mario Alberto Kempes stadium from 9:30 p.m., and you will only be able to return on the third or fourth date of the League Cup.
With this significant loss, the former Huracán coach will lose his captain at the start of his path in the “Xeneize” and he sees himself in trouble since, in addition to the hierarchy and the importance of Red on the team, he will not have Nicolas Valentini on the defensive line since it is in Venezuela to dispute the Sub 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic with the Argentine national team who drives Javier Mascherano.
Source: Ambito
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