The alarms had been on since yesterday, the day that Mikel
Oyarzabal He had to leave training prematurely with obvious signs of pain in the back of his right thigh and today the bad omens have been confirmed. The '10' of the Real, except for a capital surprise, will not be able to play on Sunday against Getafe and it is a serious doubt for the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League against Manchester United in Turin next Thursday since he presents a tendinopathy at the proximal insertion of the hamstring musculature of the right thigh. Your return will depend on how you evolve and how you tolerate the pain. In these cases, an absence of between three and six weeks is usually diagnosed, but each case is very particular. He has already begun to be treated through physical therapy.
It is a relapse of the injury that he suffered only two months ago, which in the end, despite being grade 1, kept him off the pitch for 33 days. In those six games in which Real could not count on its then captain, the baggage was absolutely devastating: three draws (0-0 against Alavés, 1-1 against Napoli and 1-1 against Eibar) and three defeats (2-1 against Barcelona and Levante and 0-2 against Atlético de Madrid). Since his return to the pitch, he has scored four goals and distributed three assists in nine games, which show the following balance: three wins, three draws and three losses.
The good news is that the other players who withdrew yesterday as a precaution, crucial in the scheme all three, Isak, Silva Y Aritz
Elustondo, have been able to complete training today and therefore can be in the game without problems on Sunday. The Swedish striker and the central youth squad will play at the start without a doubt and it will be necessary to see if Imanol He makes use of the Gran Canaria, substitute against Cádiz.