Alexia Putellas returned to the Spanish team after overcoming the most feared injury for a soccer player: the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his dominant leg, the left. Jorge Vilda, the national coach, did not hesitate to call the best player in the world to play in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand despite the fact that the Barça player hardly competed this season.
Putellas revisited the Red shirt in a friendly against Panama. The Catalan scored one of the seven goals to give Jorge Vilda’s side the victory. He also put in a good performance against Denmark, a more demanding opponent, in a higher level friendly. Alexia ran into the woods, but didn’t score in that match. The coach highlighted in a press conference the fitness of the player with the most caps (102). “I saw him in the best shape for the moment he was in his recovery […] The sensations are wonderful, beyond the goal”. Moreover, Vilda praised the leadership that Putellas is doing inside the locker room.
The one who was the captain of the national team stopped it in the Eurocup because of his serious knee injury. He will never wear the bracelet again, not even at the World Cup. However, he remains the leader of the team, both on the pitch and off it.
Alexia, who once again wears his number 11 (he inherited the number 14 from Virginia Torrecilla to show his support for the man who took Vir seriously ill), is a benchmark in Spain and the rest of the world. The midfielder is a threat to any opponent and makes Spain a feared rival for other teams.
Minutes to reach 100%
Alexia dressed in shorts again on April 30 after being injured for nine months. At Barça, he played six games (5 in the league and the Champions League final), none of them as a starter, as he played 3′ in the Eindhoven final and just over 110′ in the domestic tournament. In the national team, he played 62′ against Panama and 58′ against Denmark. “I knew I was going to play the whole game, but I didn’t want to take any chances,” Vilda said.
Source: La Verdad
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