EX-MANCHESTER UNITED defender Marcos Rojo was sent off for Boca Juniors after landing a brutal kung-fu kick on a River Plate player.
Rojo, 32, has spent the last two years playing in his home country of Argentina.
Rojo was sent off for a kung-fu kick on a River Plate rival
The ex-Man Utd defender was given his marching orders
Following a loan spell at boyhood club Estudiantes in 2021, Rojo left United permanently and joined Boca Juniors.
And he’s been a mainstay in the Boca team, helping them win the Professional League Cup as well as wearing the captain’s armband.
But a moment of madness in Sunday’s Superclasico with River Plate saw Rojo be sent off for a kung-fu kick.
Boca were leading 1-0 deep into added-time when the incident happened.
Rojo went to clear the ball with River Plate midfielder Nicolas de la Cruz leading with his head.
De La Cruz was left in a heap on the floor and the referee left little time before brandishing the red card.
One fan reacted, saying: “What a nice kick for God.”
Another tweeted: “He was watching the new season of Cobra Kai.”
Luckily for the home side, Boca went on to secure a 1-0 win over their rivals.
The win lifts Boca up to fourth in the Argentine top flight.
Boca are two points off league leaders Atletico Tucuman.
Meanwhile, River Plate are stuck down in seventh, three points off Boca.
Cantona spent only five seasons at Old Trafford before his shock retirement in 1996 but inspired them to four titles, two FA Cups and was voted the club’s greatest ever player by fans.
Yet probably his most infamous moment was kung-fu kicking Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons after being sent off — earning an eight-month ban.
Cantona is best remembered by some for his kung-fu kick on Crystal Palace fan
The Manchester United legend directed the infamous kick towards a Crystal Palace supporter
It is exactly 25 years since Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick rendered one of the sport’s greatest ever players into the most colourful of villains and here, Sportsmail takes a look back at that infamous day…
