Roger Martínez was injured and will not play against Platense

Bad news in Racing. After his great performance against Athletico Paranaense, where he was the star of the team with a goal and an assist for the Academy to reach the semifinals of a continental tournament after 27 years, Roger Martínez misses the next game due to injury.

This Sunday, hours before the list of concentrates will be communicated to face Platense this Monday from 9 p.m., the Avellaneda club reported that Roger Martínez will not be able to be present against Calamar as a result of a blow he suffered in the duel against the Brazilians. Given this, the Colombian would return to Vélez.

“Roger Martínez, with a post-traumatic entorsis in his left ankle, did kinesiology and work in the gym,” says the club’s report. However, the good news is that Agustín García Basso trained on the field and is closer to returning after breaking his collarbone.

Roger Martínez, who had just been the great figure of the Academy against Paranaense in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana, where he assisted Maravilla Martínez in the second goal for Costas’ team and scored 3-0 in the Avellaneda night, he will not be able to be present against Platense. Hours before confirming the list of concentrates to face the Orsi-Gómez duo, the club reported that the Colombian suffered a post-traumatic entorsis in his left ankle, for which he did kinesiology and work in the gym.

Of course, the duel against Calamar could have been the reconfirmation of Roger’s good moment, who after six months of low level had begun to find his best version. In fact, he was highly applauded in the clash against Paranaense, where together with Juanfer Quintero they were the great figures of the night in Avellaneda. In the absence of 10, Gustavo Costas will not be able to repeat the team, something he had planned throughout the weekend.

Costas very possibly would have left Racing if the team was eliminated in the Sudamericana. But the resounding victory strengthened him and his team. “The team demonstrated this level in many games. If we play with this intensity, we are a difficult opponent for everyone. This is what we always plan. “I want a team that looks the same on all fields,” said the coach.

With its 4-1 victory over Paranaense, Acadé reaffirmed a stamp it had for much of the year. The number, categorical, reflects that so far this year Racing is the team that has collected the most wins in the world by difference of three or more goals in all competitions. He achieved it 13 times and leads that table above some of the most powerful clubs on the planet. Below in the ranking are Liverpool from England with 11; with nine Arsenal from the same league and Bayern Munich from Germany; and with eight the PSG of France, Real Madrid and Manchester City.

While Adrián Martínez is the top scorer in the Sudamericana with nine goals, Roger Martínez is the Racing man who converted the most in the Professional League: five times.

Unless Costas decides to give some rest to reduce muscle loads, the Academy could form as follows: Gabriel Arias Marco Di Cesare, Santiago Sosa, Santiago Quirós; Gastón Martirena, Juan Nardoni, Agustín Almendra, Gabriel Rojas; Juanfer Quintero; Maximiliano Salas/ Johan Carbonero and Adrián Martínez.