Former Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo has been given additional and weird punishment by the Argentina FA simply days after he was given a pink card within the Superclassico.
Rojo, because it was reported right here earlier than, was given his marching orders within the dying minutes of his aspect’s conflict towards their bitter rivals River Plate.
In true Rojo trend, with the sport nearly coming to a halt, he launched a kung-fu kick that related squarely with Nicolas de la Cruz within the face.
The problem was deemed to be too excessive and extreme – in consequence, he was despatched off.
Nonetheless, that didn’t spell the tip of the 32-year-old’s woes because it has now come to move.
Rojo has since been hit with additional punitive motion because the Argentina FA dominated that he shouldn’t put on the captain’s armband for Boca for a month.
The weird punishment implies that the star, who gained the Europa League with United, will solely have the ability to captain his aspect from October 12, once they face Sarmiento.
Talking about his troubles Rojo stated, “‘It doesn’t trouble me.”
“The classics are like that, will get just a little an excessive amount of.”
He added, “I made three fouls in the entire recreation, we didn’t make as many fouls, we made some tactical fouls, it’s not that we had an aggressive recreation or unusual issues.”
“We’re calm with the issues we did, how we confronted the sport and the way we gained it.”
As anticipated, he was neither apologetic nor remorseful.
