Rodrigo
He and he has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, so he may miss the remainder of the season. His long absence is a very serious setback for Alavés, which has already started the competition with a very tight roster of centrals.
Although the club now has the possibility of signing a replacement, it will be very difficult for him to move in the market, since last summer he had to do a hard job to cut his expenses on players and adjust them to the salary limit imposed by the LFP. In this course, the albiazul entity will be able to spend 42.03 million euros in its sports personnel area.
The Italian-Brazilian defender was injured during the first half of last Sunday's game against Celta. In minute 38, when making an entry about Brais
Mendez, accidentally injured his left knee. He was lying on the grass screaming loudly in pain and, after a first examination of the joint, he was immediately removed on a stretcher. Was replaced by Tachi.
Resonance
From the first moment, everything indicated that the injury could be serious. “It doesn't look good at all,” he said. Paul
Machin at the end of the meeting. Later, he returned with the rest of the team to Vitoria-Gasteiz for medical tests. An MRI confirmed the most pessimistic forecasts: the player, according to the club, suffers from a “torn cruciate ligament in his left knee.”
Although, as usual, the albiazul press release did not set a recovery period, this injury can cause the player to miss the remainder of the season.
His discharge comes at a bad time for him and the team. Right now with The guard finalizing the recovery of his “minor degree” muscle injury to the vastus lateralis of his left leg, they are only available Florian
Lejeune and Tachi. The Aragonese already began training with the group at the end of last week and traveled with the rest of the team to Vigo, although he did not play.
The rush of the calendar, with a new game this Wednesday, leaves him with almost no recovery time. If he is fit, he will form in front of the Eibar on the axis of the rear next to Lejeune. If not, it will be Tachi the one that forms a couple with the Gaul.
In the Cup, Paul
Machin tested Adrian
Marin as central in anticipation of possible setbacks, but this option is in principle ruled out.
The versatility of Ximo
Navarrese and Ruben
Duarte It also allows them to play as center-backs, but if this option is chosen, the Soriano would be forced to modify his starting defensive line, which so far is giving him excellent performance.
Severe previous injury
Rodrigo
He and you are going to have to go through a long recovery phase that you already know. In the summer of 2018, he also suffered a serious knee injury, on that occasion his right.
On that occasion he lost almost the entire season and reappeared at the end of March 2019 against Atlético de Madrid. The defender then remained out of action for about eight months. Now, we will have to wait to find out how long to stay away from the pitch.
The Italian-Brazilian defender is completing his fifth season as an Albiazul. He arrived in January 2017 on loan from AC Milan and, after performing at a remarkable level, he played in the Cup final in May. In summer 2018, Alavés decided to bet on him and acquired their property rights.
Since then, he has always been an important man on the team, although injuries have been his Achilles heel. His contract with the gasteiztarra entity ends on June 30.