2023-09-07 17:12:34
Roger Martínez continues with the set-up day by day. After Fernando Gago decided to rush him for the revenge against Boca for the quarterfinals (he barely put him in the last five minutes), this time they take him little by little. But as the training sessions go by, his evolution is sustained beyond the fact that Roger Martínez in Racing has not yet completed tasks on par with the squad, due to a muscle injury. As they told this portal from the Academy striker’s inner circle, the Colombian showed a key improvement in one aspect of the exercises he has been carrying out. Meanwhile, he hopes to know if, at most, Pintita will take him to the bench this Saturday against Huracán, for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup.
The forward of the Academy for a couple of days who does work on the field and with the ball. This Thursday he did a normal part with the group (warm-up and rounds) and another part (he was not in the tactical movements). And most importantly, he no longer feels ailments with his right leg in which he suffered a considerable tear in the biceps femoris on August 10, in the second leg of the epic 3-0 defeat of Atlético Nacional.
Gago defines if he will take Roger Martínez to the bank or save him due to the injury for Racing’s game against San Lorenzo
Gago will evaluate the state of Roger’s situation and decide if he will concentrate or directly preserve it for the classic with San Lorenzo, which will be played on Saturday the 16th, starting at 5:00 p.m., at the Nuevo Gasómetro. From the beginning, this portal was told that, due to the significant degree of fibrillar rupture, Roger would expect a recovery of about four weeks. In any case, due to the magnitude of the classic with Boca, Pintita sat him down on the bench knowing that the Academy striker was still out of order and sent him onto the field towards the end with the hope that he would have some ball left to put it in. Before, the DT begged him not to strain the affected area, to move as little as possible.
Roger Martínez in Racing showed a key evolution. Photo: @RacingClub
The absence of the Academy striker, author of a great header against the green Medellín, lowered the hierarchy of the team’s attack. And the fans missed him much more because his replacements up to now have not been up to the task: neither Romero nor Nicolás Reniero. After losing two heads-up in the series with Boca, and increasingly resisted by the fans, Maxi comes from going to the bank against Estudiantes for the third date of the League Cup and did not add minutes even in the ST: Gago preferred make the youthful Nicolás Meaurio enter from the bench. In his place Reniero acted, with very low performance. But his little offensive weight was offset by the aggressiveness and talent of Juanfer Quintero. For this crossover with the Globe, it is presumed that Maxi Romero will reappear from the start.
They are not selected either
In addition to missing Roger again as a striker for the Academy, Gago against Huracán will not have Gabriel Arias, the aforementioned Juanfer Quintero or Juan Nardoni. They meet with the selection of Chile, Colombia and Sub 23 of Argentina, respectively. Also absent will be Aníbal Moreno, who is recovering from a tear in the soleus of his left leg. In this way, Tagliamonte will return to the goal, while Vera would be the only central midfielder or would form a double five with Almendra or another midfielder. Above, through Juanfer, Gabriel Hauche or Nicolás Oroz would enter.
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