Another blow for Racing: Franco Pardo’s injury confirmed | OneFootball

Racing can't catch a break. Just a few days after confirming the ligament rupture of Elías Torres, the club's doctors have now announced another report that worries Gustavo Costas and his technical team: Franco Pardo suffered a muscle injury in the proximal adductor of the left lower limb and will be out for at least the next few weeks.

The defender, who had been a starter in the last matches of the Clausura Tournament 2025 and in the Copa Libertadores where the Avellaneda team must face the semifinals against Flamengo, fell in a defensive play where he fought body to body against Fabrizio Santori in the zero draw with Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza. Although the estimated recovery time has not yet been confirmed, from the academic core they aim not to rush the deadlines to avoid an even worse relapse.

The news comes at a delicate time for the white and blue entity as they also lost Torres, who suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee and will be several months off the field. Because of this injury, the club is considering incorporating an emergency reinforcement, backed by the AFA regulation that allows replacing a player with an injury that leaves him out of action for more than four months, as long as no more than 70 percent of the tournament has been played. This limit was met on matchday 11, the last one that was played.

If the management is confirmed, Racing could add a new player to face both what remains of the Clausura and the Libertadores, as long as it is carried out within the regulatory deadlines established.

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