In 14 months, four players from Real Madrid’s first team suffered torn cruciate ligaments in their knees, which must be added to the youth player. Joan Martinez when he shined in the white team’s preseason. latest, Dani Carvajal.
The right side The 32-year-old injured his right knee in the final minutes of Saturday’s game against Villarreal in an action where he hurt himself while trying to hit the ball in a duel with Jeremy Pino without achieving the effect, and, as soon as he fell to the ground, he placed his hand on his right knee.
His colleagues quickly called the medical services, alerted to the possible severity of the injury, and Carvajal He left the field in added time of the second half on a stretcher, crying and using his shirt to cover his face.
And on Sunday morning, the player, through his social networks, and the club with a medical report, confirmed the severity of the injury.
“After tests carried out on our player Dani Carvajal by Real Madrid Medical Services, he was diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, a rupture of the external collateral ligament and a rupture of the popliteal tendon in his right leg. He will undergo surgery in the coming days”, the club reported on its website.
A diagnosis after that Carvajal It is operated on in approximately five days, when the swelling in the affected areas is reduced.
Furthermore, the time out will be marked by the rupture of the cruciate ligament, as the other injuries seen are less severe, and in these cases it extends between eight and ten months, depending on each case.
Carvajal, after Courtois, Militao and Alaba
The serious knee injury of Dani Carvajal It is the fourth suffered by a Real Madrid footballer in the last 14 months.
Last season, there were three football players who had to undergo surgery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in their left knee, starting with Thibaut Courtois.
On August 10, 2023, the Belgian goalkeeper He was injured in support of a routine action, in an overhand exit, during a training session at Valdebebas Sports City. This is the first severe blow for the dressing room of Real Madrid and the first day of a long recovery process, as can be seen in the documentary about the goalkeeper that was released recently, until he returns to his best level.
And it was that Courtois, After suffering another injury after recovery, this time to the meniscus of the other knee – the right – he managed to return to the highest level and became the starting goalkeeper in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, which Real won.
He arrived in time for the last game of the season and in the current season he has once again become the undisputed starter.
Two days laters, Éder Militao suffered the same injury as Courtois. In his case, in the first match in EA Sports LaLiga, played against Athletic Club in San Mamés.
The center back was injured in the 50th minute in an action where he tried to steal the ball from the Spaniard Oihan Sancet and his joint did a strange twist.
military He returned to play 232 days later. It took him more to get into the rhythm of the competition than Courtois, but he started this season by returning to his best level.
It was bad luck for Real Madrid to appear again on December 17. Also against Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabéu, as happened with Dani Carvajal, the Austrian David Alaba He had to leave the field of play in the 32nd minute after suffering the same injury as Courtois and Militao, a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
In his case, almost ten months later, he never played again and completed his recovery day by day at Real Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas.
Three serious knee injuries in three starting footballers where the white team recovered and managed to close a great season with the Spanish Super Cup, League and Champions League titles.
An attitude towards the difficulties of the team Ancelotti, in his press conference after the injuryand Carvajal, He suggested repetition.
“When something like this happens, to a player like Dani, it affects all the players and the whole team. We have to react, last year we did it and this year we will do the same,” he assured.
Four injuries in 14 months to which we must add the young central defender Joan Martinez.
The youth player He suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at his best moment: his debut at Real Madrid in the preseason, as one of the best in the team and with serious hopes of becoming one of the everyday players when official that the campaign started. .
However, the injury changed his plans, he underwent surgery on September 3 and is in the process of recovery that Dani Carvajal also has to undergo.
Source: La Verdad
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