Stopping for Wass: he suffers a grade II knee sprain

Daniel Wass’s debut with Atlético had a very bitter ending. The Dane ended up injured after a hard tackle from Ferran, he was barely able to stand up due to the severe pain in his right knee and the tests carried out this Monday have determined that suffers “a grade II sprain of the medial collateral ligament in the right knee”. It is pending evolution, but it will be more than a month off, probably between six and eight weeks.

A slowdown for the first of the winter signings. Wass even applied to start at the Camp Nou, but entered the game after the break.. Already in extra time, the footballer was shot down by Ferran along with the band. There he already noticed that something was wrong and Simeone, who had no more changes and saw the clock running, tried to speed up the return of his player to field. The technician ran towards him while he was receiving medical attention and helped him up so he could go inside.

After the final whistle, Wass lay down on the ground and the first recognition spoke of a “torsion in the knee”. Now he knows the most specific diagnosis (the most pessimistic omens expected a more serious injury) and it is his turn to start the recovery and his absence again leaves a void on the right side. Vrsaljko, very unwise against Barça, remains as the only right back and Marcos Llorente, the 2 guard, He is very close to returning to the calls.

Very bad luck for Daniel Wass, who in the six and a half years he had been in LaLiga before signing for Atlético, he had barely suffered a herniated disc in 2018 (three games he missed), in addition to the coronavirus that happened earlier this year. Now it’s time to stop short, and he will miss six or seven league games, the first leg against Manchester United and will try to be for the appointment of Old Trafford, on March 15, although it will not be easy. The estimate is that he will probably return after the national team break.