Alexia Putellas says goodbye to the European Championship

Three days after the debut of spain on the England Euro 2022, Alexia Putellas say goodbye to said tournament. The Barça midfielder, one of the captains of La Roja, in force Golden Ball and one of the great stars of both the Selection as of your own European Championshipyou will not be able to play it due to injury.

concretely, Alexia Putellas He suffers a rupture of the anterior ligament of his left knee, a setback that will keep him in dry dock for a long time (approximately half a year).

the news that Alexia could be low arose this Tuesday, when in the last minutes of the National Team’s training he suffered “a sprain in his left knee” according to the words of the own RFEF. Then there was a lack of evidence to determine its scope, and in the afternoon she was subjected to an MRI in which the worst omens were confirmed. “The tests carried out on the Spanish international on the afternoon of this Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the hospital King Edward VII’s of Londonhave confirmed that the captain of the Spanish Women’s National Team suffers a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee,” the RFEF statement specifically stated.

Alexia Putellas It is not much less a player more. She, with her 100 caps, is the soccer player who has worn the Spain shirt the most times. In these matches she has accumulated a total of 27 goals and she also draws much attention to another fact such as the fact that she has not missed a single one of the last 34 matches of the National Team. You have to go back to May 24, 2019, to a friendly against Canada that ended 0-0, to find a Spain without Alexia Putellas.

On the other hand, it should be noted that Jorge Vilda may summon another player to take the place of Alexia Putellas facing this European Championship having occurred this serious injury when there are more than 24 hours left for the debut of Spain. The substitute will be Amaiur Sarriegi, striker for Real Sociedad. It so happens that she was in all the pools to take the place of Salma Paralluelo when she was injured a few days ago, having already entered the list of 23. Then the chosen one was Teresa AbelleiraReal Madrid midfielder, but this time it will come Amaiur causing there to be representation of the Real society in the Selection that will dispute the European Championship.

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