Morelos, the great absentee from the Seville final

This Wednesday’s final of the Europa League will start with a great absence on the Sánchez Pizjuán pitch: that of a Alfredo Morelos who was injured muscularly, that he had to undergo surgery and that he will not be able to be in Seville.

The Colombian andIt’s the big casualty of a list of absentees in which there is also another regular starter in the lineups such as Ianis Hagi. And it has been since his season closed at the end of March, while he was concentrated with Colombia.

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Morelos had to leave the call with the national team, in which the pass to the World Cup in Qatar was played, due to a thigh problem. An injury that required a look by the doctors of Rangers and that caused an operation that separated him for the rest of the campaign.

At that time, ‘El Búfalo’ had already played more than 40 games with the Rangers shirt and was close to 20 goals in all competitions. Giovani van Bronckhorst’s team still dreamed of all the titles, including retaining the league, and their tie against Borussia Dortmund, in which he scored and assisted, pointed to the Colombian as the key player for the Protestants to add success.

Barely a month after bringing down the Germans, he put his stamp on the tie against Red Star with another goal. Number 32 in his career in the Europa League, above ‘Tiger’ Radamel Falcao, being the South American with the most goals in the competition, and only two from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and eight from Henrik Larsson, the league’s top scorer. history of the UEFA Cup.

In addition, Morelos is Rangers’ top scorer in Europe, a record he achieved in 2020, when he surpassed the historic Ally McCoist, who scored 21 goals in the 15 years he was with the Scottish team.

This time, the Colombian, who has accumulated more than 200 games for Rangers and more than 100 goals with them, will not be able to help on the pitch, but he could lift his first Europa League from the stands with the peace of mind that, until the body said enough, Morelos did everything he could.