Alexia Putellas, 10 to 12 months off!

The worst omens were confirmed. Alexia Putellas, a 28-year-old FC Barcelona midfielder, will be out for between 10 and 12 months after undergoing surgery this Tuesday morning at Barcelona Hospital for a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee. The serious injury was suffered last week in a training session for the Spanish team in England before the start of the European Championship. This was communicated by the medical services of the Barça club, which provided a medical report at the end of the intervention with the estimated time of absence.

The international was injured on Tuesday, July 5, in training. As she could not be operated on immediately due to swelling, she stayed for the first match of spain, on Friday the 8th against Finland, a 4-1 that he lived with crutches in the stands. Her companions dedicated the victory to her. On Saturday the 9th she and she returned to Barcelona and, after being examined, it was decided that she should undergo surgery on Tuesday.

The serious injury of Alexia Putellas with Spain is a problem that is difficult to solve for FC Barcelona. In the national and international market there is no player with the touch, arrival and hierarchy of her. There are good players without Barça DNA. But there are only three pure midfielders left in the squad: Ingrid Engen, Patri Guijarro and Aitana Bonmatí. And that forces a reflection. Sign or retrain players tactically.

the norwegian Engen took a step forward at the end of last year and could stay in the pivot, passing Patri inside. The Balearic has class, power and goal.

Mariona Caldentey is another obvious option. She already often plays in midfield, although conceptually she is more forward coming in from the left.

Also claudia pina can play midfielder. She grew up in that position during his loan to Sevilla, although she is a striker. A system change to 4-2-3-1 would be less likely. If there is signing, the logical thing would be that Alexia was discharged until her medical discharge due to the overbooking of the workforce.

“We played a few short games, she made a support with her left leg to shoot with her right and there it was. She noticed the crunch. She alone,” she explained. Jorge VildaSpain coach, about the moment of a mishap that left the European Championship without the current Ballon d’Or.

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