Seven months after knee surgery, the Boca captain is already training at a level and could return in early June.
On 12 October 2022, as Boca took a big step towards the Professional League Tournament title against Sarmiento in Junín, Marcos Rojo lay on the grass holding his knee and immediately asked for the substitution. And all initial fears were immediately confirmed.
But seven months after the injury, Xeneize’s captain is ready for a comeback.
WHY DON’T MARCOS ROJO PLAY IN THE MOUTH?
WHAT INJURY DID MARCOS ROJO HAVE?
The defender left the Eva Perón stadium with a splint on his right leg and advanced what he feared: “I have a very strong knee, I’ve had a lot of sprains, but this reminds me a lot of what happened in England in 2017. For me it’s the cruciate ligament, we’ll see the repercussions”.
The next morning, the center underwent examinations and the images confirmed the assumptions: “I was with Dr. Batista and it is what I expected: my cruciate ligament was torn.”
On Monday, October 17, the left-hander underwent surgery, and after surgery, Boca reported that the player had not only affected the anterior cruciate ligament, but also damaged both menisci.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LOW AND WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK?
According to Rojo himself, at the door of the clinic where the analyzes were carried out, recovery would take “about seven or eight months”. When he suffered a knee problem at Manchester United, it took the central defender seven months to return to the field: the injury occurred on April 24, 2017 and his return was on November 15 of the same year. This time the deadlines were very similar, although the return will take a few more weeks.
On Monday, May 1, 2023, 15 days after exactly seven months since the operation, the left-hander trained alongside him for the first time since the injury: the defender moved in with those who did not participate in the match against Racing, but I did not participate in the football test not to rush time. Passing the workouts, he added loads, and three weeks after returning to the group, he is already working without restrictions.
In this way, after missing the last part of last season, the start of the Copa Libertadores and more than half of the current local championship, the date has been set between the coaching staff and Rojo: although it was speculated that it would against Tigre on May 28 will finally be the return May 31 but in reservewhen Mariano Herrón’s team receives Arsenalto complete the setup and be with the professional team when he receives Colo-Colo on June 6.
Source: Goal