2024-03-19 12:20:40
The forward of Independiente Matías Giménez Rojas suffered this Monday a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the team’s morning training session and could miss the remainder of the season.
The injury, confirmed by sources from the club’s medical staff, occurred while Giménez Rojas was participating in a regular exercise routine. With this setback, the man from San Juan will face several months of recovery and his loss represents a hard blow for Carlos Tevez, who is now deprived of an important piece in his forward line: none other than the team’s top scorer so far this year.
Despite having started the season in a secondary position, Giménez Rojas had been gaining ground in recent games, accumulating minutes and proving his worth with two goals in the current League Cupboth against Barracas Central in a 2-2 draw.
With that double it was enough for him to surpass his attacking colleagues in Rojo’s scoring table so far this year: Gabriel Ávalos (11 games, one goal), Alexis Canelo (6 games, no goals) and Ignacio Maestro Puch (9 games, one goal).
Although they put up a fight in Zone A (5th, three points behind the leaders River and Vélez), Tevez’s team has been suffering a lot when it comes to scoring goalsbeing one of the worst in the contest in that area with just 10 screams in 11 dates.
With the League Cup stopped by the double FIFA date, Independiente will play again this Friday from 5:15 p.m. but for the Argentine Cup, against Deportivo Laferrere in Lanús for a place in the round of 16. The winner will go against the winner of the bracket made up of Deportivo Maipú de Mendoza and Juventud Unida de San Luis.
We will have to see if they recover in time Lucas González and Joaquín Laso, who did not finish in optimal conditions the match that ended in defeat against Deportivo Riestra. With the loss against Malevo, Independiente won only one of its last five games (2-1 against Argentinos), tying two (2-2 with Barracas and 1-1 with River) and falling in the remaining ones (0-1 with Racing and Riestra).
Furthermore, the starting right back Mauritius Island He was absent from morning practice due to his commitments with the Chilean team, which will play friendly matches against France and Albania as part of the FIFA date.