The medical report released by the Real Betis this Friday about the injury of Sergio Canales reports on the importance of the fibrillar rupture suffered by the footballer, “grade III with tendon involvement in the left hamstring musculature”, although it does not speak of specific recovery periods, which can finally go up to three or four months, since Everything indicates that he will have to undergo surgery, according to ABC, a decision that doctors and specialists will evaluate “once the initial anti-inflammatory phase of the process is resolved.”
Canales' injury is similar to the one suffered by Brazilian Edu on August 16, 2008 during a friendly between Real Betis – then coached by Paco Chaparro – with Elche: a strong fibrillar tear in the left femoral biceps. Edu reappeared two months later, on October 19 against Mallorca, but in the next match, the Cup in Castellón (October 29), he relapsed from the injury in the same area and had to go to Finland for surgery for the doctor Sakai Orava, a specialist in this type of injury, as is Ramón Cugat. Edu did not play regularly again until early April of the following year.
Treacherous injuries that advise to operate
These types of injuries are very treacherous, which is why surgical intervention is the priority option currently being considered by doctors, which would have Canales leave the aforementioned three or four months, well above the first estimates.
Having been injured playing official competition, FIFA will bear part of the expenses and Betis could receive up to a maximum of 20,548 euros per day, of which they exceed the initial 28 days of absence, a period that Sergio Canales, who is sure Only one of the last 46 league games had been lost due to suspension -he started in the other 45-, he will overcome due to the injury suffered on Tuesday in the League of Nations game against Germany, held in the Cartuja of Seville .