Nacional made official this Saturday the incorporation of the Colombian forward Diego Herazo, who joins the Bolso from San Lorenzo. The attacker signed a contract until the end of July 2025.
Herazo, 28 years old, had arrived at the Boedo team at the beginning of 2024 after making his entire career in Colombian soccer, where he went through Independiente Medellín, Cúcuta, Real Cundinamarca, Bucaramanga, La Equidad, Millonarios and Deportes Tolima.
In San Lorenzo, Herazo could only score one goal in the 21 games he played for the local activity of Argentina and the CONMEBOL Libertadores.
The attacker had arrived in Uruguay on August 1st and since that day he was already training at Los Céspedes, but Nacional could not make his incorporation official until it freed up a foreigner’s quota, something that was finally achieved this Friday with the termination of the contract of the Nigerian Christian Ebere.
The Colombian Herazo arrives at Nacional to reinforce the attack of Martín Lasarte’s team for the Clausura Tournament and the round of 16 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores, where Bolso will face Sao Paulo.
Marcos Rojo would be left out of Boca’s squad against Cruzeiro
The news had been brewing for a few days, but on Tuesday night it became almost official. Marcos Rojo, Boca’s captain, did not recover from a muscle injury, which was never publicly announced through a medical report, and would not be part of the list of those called up for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana against Cruzeiro.
Although the defender born in La Plata had trained alongside the squad, coach Diego Martínez put him in the morning practice in the substitutes’ team, an indication that, in principle, he was not going to play from the start. However, it is now known that he will not be on the bench next Wednesday at La Bombonera either.
Given the estimated recovery times, it is not ruled out that the defender has a new muscle tear, although it is not known where in particular. According to what is outlined in the depths of Brandsen 805, the idea of the coaching staff is to leave him out of the first leg so that he can heal, or at least get closer to that goal, for the return leg on August 22 in Belo Horizonte.
If he is in optimal physical condition, Rojo is key in the coach’s scheme and also in the general well-being of the group. Luis Advíncula himself, his teammate, came out to support him in the middle of another difficult moment. “People can talk and say a lot of things, but I think he’s a guy who earned his stripes for what he did outside and what he does at Boca,” he said in an interview with Andrés Hurtado.
The big problem is that it’s difficult for him to gain consistency because of the various injuries he’s suffered since his arrival at the Ribera club in 2021. In 2024 he played four of the 10 possible games in the current championship and missed nine of the 14 in the first phase of the League Cup.
Sebastián Méndez continues, although his continuity was very conditioned
Sebastián Méndez did not seem to be at risk beyond the result of the Clásico. His recent arrival put him close to this match with Central and in no one’s head it could be assumed that a defeat could precipitate his departure. But the coach made too many mistakes before and during the match and today his continuity at the Parque is in doubt. Although for now he will continue to be the leproso DT, unless he himself decides to leave.
Not speaking after the defeat at the stadium was an indication that he might resign. But the board did not have contact with the coach after the match, although on Monday Ignacio Astore will be at the Griffa Sports Centre and there will be a talk with Méndez and the players, which will surely be loud on the part of the president, who for now will support the coach even though he is upset by what happened in the Clásico.
Méndez always knew the importance of the Clásico. Much more so with the adverse history that Newell’s has had in recent years. But the situation got the better of him. He made wrong previous decisions, such as the change of scheme and names with Estudiantes that destabilized the team in the most important week of the semester. And on Saturday he made some wrong decisions and others inexplicable.
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