Five months before the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Ecuadorian team suffers the low central defender Robert Arboledaby a injury which, according to the first diagnoses, would compromise knee and ankle ligaments.
Arboleda started with Sao Paulo, who beat Palmeiras 1-0 for the Copa do Brasil Round of 16. Ten minutes from the end, the tricolor came out to clear the ball and in the fall his left leg suffered all the impact.
The images reveal the ankle and knee torsion. Arboleda left the playing field in tears. “(Today) will be tested; later we will give more information”, the São Paulo club published this Friday.
However, Brazilian media reported that the defender would have ruptured knee ligaments and that ankle would also be compromisedso the Ecuadorian would be operated on in the afternoon.
Depending on the severity of the injury, it is estimated that the Recovery of the national team It would be between three and five monthstime that would condition Arboleda’s performance in Qatar 2022.
Arboleda began as a starter the path of the Tricolor to the World Cupin the second part of the tie he gave up the fight for the position in central defense, but has remained as one of the usual summoned of the coach Gustavo Alfaro.
The emerald adds 16 games under Alfaro in the Trihis last appearance was in the tie (0-0) with Mexico, on June 5, in the national team’s tour of the United States.
Grove is the first novelty for the Ecuadorian team on the way to the World Cupbut in his club he adds the seventh loss due to injury.
In Sao Paulo, Luan, Caio and Gabriel Sara underwent surgery. In the first two cases the season is lost; Sara could return in about three months.
Nikão and Talles Costa present ankle injuries; Alisson, on his knee, and are still undergoing treatment, like Colorado, for a muscle injury, which also moves the leadership of the São Paulo club in search of rearming its squad, in the case of Arboleda, to look for a substitute until the end of season. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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