When it seemed that the injuries gave a truce to Malaga and Luis Muñoz remained as the only tenant of the infirmary, bad fortune has struck again with the blue and whites. A new physical misfortune of relevance has hit the squad again, specifically Genaro Rodríguez. The club has made public this afternoon that the midfielder, “In the final stretch of today’s training, he suffered a tear in the external meniscus of his left knee”.
The statement released by the entity also includes that Genaro “will go through the operating room in the near future”. So that, José Alberto loses a trusted footballer for several weeks that he had participated in 20 games (1,311 official minutes and two goals) so far this season and that he was the main alternative to Alberto Escassi to play the role of defensive midfielder.
Otherwise, Juande, Chavarría, Vadillo and Hicham exercised normally and accumulated more minutes together with the group. The first three will be able to reappear on Saturday against Ibiza, while we will have to wait to see the steps that the technicians and the medical staff follow with the Moroccan, who has not stopped accumulating injuries during the last year and a half, a period in which he has only been able to play 113 minutes.
As for the absences, Dani Barrio dropped out of training again for personal reasons With the permission of the club. Antoñín, sick on Monday due to gastroenteritis, and Luis Muñoz worked in the gym.