Robert Rojas crossed the border with Paraguay on foot and returns in a remís that River sent him

07/31/2020 - 12:20

• Clarín.com
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Robert "El Sicario" Rojas will be the last foreigner of River to return to the country. The Paraguayan defender moved this Friday -in the morning- to Clorinda to carry out the corresponding immigration procedures at the border and thus be able to re-enter Argentine territory. After completing the bureaucratic issues, he crossed on foot and boarded the car that the club sent him to bring him back to Buenos Aires, where he will arrive at dawn this Saturday.

"He is going to the border. He crosses on foot and climbs a remis, in Clorinda. That was how he was determined; an employee of River went to look for him. He was not with his car," sources from the club and the club confirmed to Clarín. footballer environment. And they added: "It will arrive at dawn (this Saturday) because the journey requires around 15 hours."

For operational reasons, to carry out the quarantine in the Federal Capital, the transfer of the Sicario  was by car instead of by plane. Only on August 15 will he have completed the mandatory isolation and will be at the disposal of Marcelo Gallardo, with the return to training and the Copa Libertadores on the horizon.

The 24-year-old defender was the only one of the Millionaire footballers who could practice normally in recent times, since he shared the property - along with some of his teammates - of the Paraguay team in Asunción, and even gave the of touching the ball in the middle of this coronavirus pandemic. For example, this Friday, Rojas continued with his work routine in the Paraguayan team.

Rojas and the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero (he returned this Thursday) were the only River players who had trouble returning last weekend on the health flights with the Colombians Rafael Santos Borré and Jorge Carrascal, the Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz and the Chilean Paulo Díaz, who are already complying with the mandatory quarantine.

With no exact date to return to training, River's coach, Marcelo Gallardo, asked the players who quarantined outside the country to process their laps to be ready as soon as practices are authorized.

JCH.