Atlético’s left-back battled with Valverde for the ball in the 20th minute when his joint sprained
Atlético defender Reinildo had to be taken off the Santiago Bernabéu on a stretcher after spraining his right knee while fighting for the ball with Fede Valverde in the 20th minute of the derby against Real Madrid. The Mozambican left-back was battling for the ball with the Uruguayan midfielder when, trying to protect the ball at the baseline, he twisted his knee and was unable to continue.
Although it was initially feared that his injury was very serious, Atlético reported that after undergoing the relevant tests at the Bernabéu, Reinildo only suffered “a joint sprain in his right knee”. “The first analgesic and anti-inflammatory measures were applied to him in the locker room. The player is awaiting tests to make a definitive diagnosis,” the Rojiblanco club added.
With very disturbing gestures of pain and his hands in front of his face, unable to get up, Reinildo was evacuated from the stadium after being injured in that unfortunate action and had to be replaced by Giménez. While stepping, the African player’s right knee slipped inward and as he fell to the grass in great pain, he immediately asked for help and was treated by the doctor of the rojiblanco club.
Reinildo was enjoying a great moment of form at Atlético and had become essential in the rojiblanca defense this season after taking ownership of left-back since last season. Talking to Reinildo on the eve of the derby, Diego Pablo Simeone made further progress, though he asked the Mozambican for more in attack.
“We want him to score us a goal. That he reaches the bottom and generates a target situation. We are in this quest, let it grow there, because it can. He did it in France and we need his contribution,” Simeone said, referring to Reinildo’s past at Lille.
Source: La Verdad
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