The center forward of the Brazilian team and star of Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro Peter He seriously injured his left knee on Wednesday during a Seleção training session, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced. “Following a clinical examination and an MRI, it was confirmed that the player has torn his anterior cruciate ligament,” the CBF wrote in a statement.
This type of injury usually results in disability for more than six months. Pedro already suffered the same injury, but to his right knee, in 2018 while he was part of Fluminense.
Pedro, 27, was injured while training with the Brazil team in Curitiba (south) before facing Ecuador on Friday and Paraguay on Tuesday in the 2026 World Cup qualifying phase.
The forward, who has scored 30 goals for Flamengo in 43 games this season, is one of coach Dorival Junior’s big hopes to turn Brazil’s fortunes around. The Seleção have gone four games without a win and are currently in sixth place in the Conmebol group, the last place that grants direct access to the World Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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