Roger Martínez in Racing will begin a stage against the clock to overcome an injury and try to reach the next international match. Everyone knows the high risk of losing that match, but the Academy and the player himself are not resigned. They hope that the forward will recover from the sprained left ankle, suffered with his national team, and will be on Thursday the 24th against Corinthians in Saint Paul in the first leg of one of the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana. With that mentality, the Colombian will rejoin Racing this Monday, when the team led by Gustavo Costas returns to training after Saturday and Sunday off.
Hours after a grade two injury was confirmed, the forward was withdrawn from the national team that will host Chile this Tuesday at the close of a new double date of South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. This Saturday afternoon the attacker tackled a return flight to Argentina. And they will focus on a rehabilitation that will include everything within reach so that they do not miss the start of the series. It is not even ruled out that it could be infiltrated if necessary.
What they said about the injury of Roger Martínez, Racing figure
“It is an injury that can require 14 to 20 days of recovery. It will depend on its evolution. “It would be fair, but it’s not impossible.”they commented to this portal. The Colombian was injured in the first half of the match that his team lost 1-0 against Bolivia in the 4,150 meters above sea level, in the city of Alto. At 19 minutes he received a foul from behind by Héctor Cuellar, who brought him down and hooked him on the ankle in question; For that infraction the Bolivian saw a direct red card. Roger was taken off on a stretcher with many gestures of pain and a while later the affected area was very swollen and unstable. As the hours passed, the swelling went down.
In that same ankle he had a sprain, in the 4-1 defeat against Paranaense in the rematch for the quarterfinals. And he was left out of the duel with Platense. He reappeared in the 1-0 loss against Vélez and the next day he traveled to join the team. He was summoned there after more than ten months. That was a reward for his good moment in Racing, which today coexists with the concern and fear of not being able to count on its hierarchy against Corinthians of Brazil.
Who will replace the Colombian against Defense
Of course Martínez will not be able to play on Saturday the 19th against Defensa y Justicia, in the Cilindro. It will be in the resumption of the Professional League after a stoppage in the local tournament for the Qualifiers. In this way, those who appear as the main candidates to replace the Academy forward are Maximiliano Salas and Luciano Vietto. Because he hasn’t performed for a little over four months, Lucho is using this time to get ready for football.
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