Martos breaks the crusader and Almería looks for another central defender

Iván Martos returned to the starting lineup last Friday a month later at La Romareda and before game time he had to leave on a stretcher after being injured in a fight with ex-rojiblanco Narváez. After several days of tense waiting, today Almería confirmed the results of the medical tests: the player from Manresa suffers from rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, an ailment that will keep him in the dry dock for six to nine months off after going through the operating room. If Nieto’s serious injury has allowed Ely to join, Martos’s gives the possibility of making another entry.

The general director of Almería, Mohamed El Assy, has confirmed this Tuesday that the sports management is looking for another central defender, as both Chumi and Carriço are injured, in addition to Martos himself. “The fact that Iván’s injury lasts more than six months allows us to incorporate a player, so we will try. We are studying all the markets,” assured the Egyptian. Of course, the Indálica entity wants to spin fine to avoid an entry that takes time to adapt and take shape. At least Rubi can now count on Babic, who suffered a blow to the back in Zaragoza, which is why yesterday he received physiotherapy treatment instead of training with the group, jumping today to the lawn of the Annex, where Villar has left with discomfort.

Those who do continue in the infirmary are Chumi, Carriço, Nieto and Robertone, fruit of the fateful February that Almería has had with the injuries. The Castellón side he tore in Malaga, the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, missing the rest of the season just like Mars. On the following day two key pieces fell for Rubi, in the case of Chumi and Robertone. The Galician central the fifth metatarsal of the left foot was broken and still He has about two months left, while the midfielder relapsed again from his hamstring discomfort, an injury for which he missed nine league games between October and December. Carriço, who was already injured until matchday seven and from matchday fifteen to matchday twenty-four, suffered a fibrillar rupture in his right quadriceps against Mirandés. Both the Portuguese (in October 2017 he underwent surgery precisely on the right quadriceps tendon) like the Argentine will be ready by the end of this month or the beginning of April.

Injuries are not a new issue for Almería, who have been hit by them throughout the season. Apart from those mentioned, Villar missed fourteen days for being in the infirmary (from 1 to 7, from 11 to 14, and from 21 to 23); Bunuel, twelve (7-18); Ramazani, six (10-15); Loop, six (22-27); Sousa, six (21-26); Well, three (1-3); and Akieme, two (6-7); in addition to the aforementioned Grandson (3-4). The coronavirus also hit an Almería in January, to which injuries have not given a respite throughout the course.

The Assy: “I don’t care about the VAR”

The general director of Almería, Mohamed El Assy, has also spoken about VAR after the controversy that arose with its use in the duel in Zaragoza last Friday. “We have more problems with injuries than with VAR. It’s something that doesn’t worry me. It’s software and if it’s offside by a millimeter, we’ll have to accept it. In Zaragoza we didn’t lose because of the VAR. We had all the bad luck in the world: a missed penalty, a goal annulled by millimeters, two balls hit the post, the goal we conceded…”, points out the Egyptian, who has reconfirmed the presence of the sheikh in Almería in a few months; Not in vain, he has only been three times (to sign the sale, in his presentation and to make a stopover after a trip in New York. “He’s the only person whose agenda we can’t control., but will come to check the status of the works before its completion and also for its inauguration. I am happy with how the work is going, although there is a small delay due to details,” says El Assy.