Colo Colo He confirmed on Tuesday the injury to his figure and midfielder Arturo Vidalwho was suffering from a muscle problem in his left calf, which kept him out of the match against Colombian club Junior de Barranquilla for the round of 16 of Libertadores Cup in three weeks.
“It’s a pain I’ve never felt before,” he said. Vidal last Sunday, after the match at Spanish Union of the Chilean soccer league, and after undergoing medical examinations it is reported that he will enter a rehabilitation process for which no deadline has been given.
Immediately, the midfielder will be absent from this Saturday’s local rivalry match O’Higginsbut the outlook for his return in August is unclear, when Colo Colo must face the superclásico match University of Chile on Saturday 10th and three days later the first leg at home for the international cup.
The ‘King’, 37 years old, has overcome various physical problems since his return to the courts in chilliafter an operation on his right knee performed at the end of 2023, and was unable to play in the white team, where he was an important part for the game and for his leadership.
The former midfielder Inter Milan and of Barcelona andThe Spaniard did not finish the match against Unión Española played at the Monumental stadium and had to be treated on the field. The discomfort in his leg did not diminish as the days passed, a pain he described as “a hard rock to hit,” after being consulted by the press at the end of the match.
VidalHowever, he has always been optimistic about his recovery times and assured that he has faith that “it will happen quickly” and that he will be able to recover “for the game against U and Libertadores.”
Last April, the Chilean player assumed his complete recovery, saying he was “100 percent” and that “there are no more excuses.”
In fact, since then he has become more regular, but uncertainty about his physical condition has been constant to the point that the La Roja coach has not called him up. Ricardo Garecafor the final Copa América in the United States.
Property Vidal He acknowledged last week that he was not at his best “otherwise I would be at Bayern Munich or Barcelona,” he told the Chilean press, although he added some data about his performance “I am in the perfect team, I have seven goal and more than 20 games.” , when some said he wouldn’t even play 10”.
The uncertainty about his recovery puts the Colo Colo coach, the Argentine, on alert Jorge Almironwho also injured his new reinforcement, Argentine striker Javier Correa, who has yet to make his debut in Chile.
Source: La Verdad
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