Carlos Gruezo “suffered only a slight injury to a thigh tendon”

The midfielder Carlos Gruezo, an important piece of the Ecuadorian team, will not miss the Qatar 2022 World Cup after having a good scare with Augsburg on Saturday, on the fifteenth day of the Bundesliga.

The German club’s medical services said this Sunday that Gruezo “suffered only a slight injury to a thigh tendon.”

The midfielder started in a match against VfL Bochum and, in the dispute for the ball with midfielder Kevin Stöger, felt discomfort in one of his legs at minute 28. He fell on the pitch and requested medical assistance from his team . After a review, they decided to make the change at minute 30. He walked out, crying and with a face full of concern.

Without an official medical report until yesterday, the Ecuador coach, Gustavo Alfaro, limited himself to informing that the player had to join the Tricolor camp in Madrid (Spain), where on Saturday he played his last friendly match against Iraq ( 0-0).

“Carlos Gruezo is undergoing studies, and we await the results in the course of these hours, because tomorrow (this Sunday) he has to come to Spain first thing in the morning,” said Alfaro.

The bad news was finally discarded with the publication of the German entity through its Twitter account in Spanish, at 06:12 (Ecuadorian time).

“Carlos Gruezo suffered only a slight injury to a thigh tendon and will be available to travel with his National Team. Best wishes and a successful World Cup with Ecuador!” published FC Augsburg.

The match was lost by the Ecuadorian international’s team due to a goal by the Ghanaian-German midfielder Christopher Antwi-Adjei at minute 58.

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