“A pity about Romario Ibarra,” lamented Guillermo Almada, Pachuca coach, for the tricolor’s injury against Cruz Azul

Guillermo Almada, coach of Pachuca, was concerned about the blow that the Ecuadorian Romario Ibarra received and for which he had to withdraw from the match, in which they beat Cruz Azul 1-0 for the eleventh date of the Clausura tournament of the Mx League .

At 25 minutes into the game, Ibarra, who had become one of the nightmares of the defense of La Maquina Celeste due to his speed and dribbling, received a kick at the left ankle from right back Joaquín Martínez when trying to overwhelm .

The strong entry left the tricolor lying on the field and, despite efforts to continue, he had to be replaced by Colombian Yairo Moreno, at 29 minutes. He left the playing field crying.

“A shame about Romario, because he was at a good level. He had not suffered mishaps since he started the season. He was now summoned by the Ecuadorian team for the qualifying matches, which he was surely going to play, ”said Almada, who maintains a streak of seven duels without losing with the tuzos, at the press conference.

“He has pain in his calf and medical studies will determine the extent of it. We hope it’s nothing serious, but from my experience I see that her recovery will take a few days, “added the Uruguayan coach.

Ibarra will join the concentration of the Tricolor and the medical team of the national team will carry out the exams to find out if he can join the work.

La Tri will clash on Thursday, March 24 against Paraguay in Ciudad del Este and on Tuesday 29 will receive Argentina with Lionel Messi at the Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium, in the closing of the qualifying rounds. (D)