Gerard Moreno will miss the next three weeks competition due to an injury to the soleus of the left leg, confirmed this Thursday by Villarreal himself.
In a statement released by the yellow box, the entity specifies that the Catalan forward “Suffered muscle damage to the soleus of the left leg”. And although he points out that “the recovery time will be subject to the evolution of the footballer”, some sources estimate this period in a period of about three weeks.
The forward fell out of the call for the game that Villarreal played this Wednesday at La Cerámica against him Pomegranate (2-2). In the morning he felt the first discomfort in his leg that advised him to be left out of the game.
Subsequently, the tests carried out this Thursday have confirmed the existence of the injury. Gerard is a key piece in Unai Emery's schemes at Villarreal.
Football player Could get lost the league matches against Huesca, Real Sociedad and Elche and could reappear on the weekend of February 14 against Betis at La Cerámica. In any case, their presence does not seem to be in danger in the first leg of the 1/16 final of the Europe
League, on Thursday, February 18 before the Salzburg on Austrian terrain
Undisputed holder, so far he had only missed two games (three counting Wednesday's) and had signed 10 goals, a figure that placed him in second place in the ranking of top filmmakers, only behind Leo Messi, who has 11 goals.