The nine months ‘out’ of Miguelón

With 2-0 on the scoreboard, Aleix Vidal suffering the overflows of Luis Suárez or Darwin Machís and Espanyol with the game practically sentenced with five minutes remaining, Vicente Moreno decided to take Nany Dimata and Wu Lei out on the pitch. Miguel Llambrich stayed one more day without his re-release after having already chained his first injury for nine months, which made him undergo surgery. Miguelón is the only outfield player who hasn’t had minutes yet.

The Alicante, who was bought for 500,000 euros this summer after Espanyol was forced to execute the purchase option, was injured on February 14 in Mallorca (1-2) after 77 minutes of play. The spectacular injury caused a muscle tear in his left leg. On the 19th he underwent surgery and began a recovery that would leave him out for the entire season. The footballer, who to date had played 17 games and passed in front of Óscar Gil, was due to return in July.

From July to September the full-back made a tough preseason to get ready and not suffer relapses, but before the previous match against Sevilla, on September 23, he suffered a setback again, a quadriceps injury. That put him out for five weeks. He returned to the call-up against Getafe and Granada, but did not have minutes. The footballer hopes to reappear, taking into account Oscar Gil’s injury, in the coming weeks, even the Cup in December can help him accumulate minutes. But, according to Rac-1, he retired from training again and could be out again.

In the 2018-19 season, the player had already suffered a shoulder injury that kept him off the pitch for five weeks, although beyond that mishap his injuries had been respected to date. His return is essential for Espanyol, taking into account that Vidal was signed to play winger, although his performance as a winger is not diminishing the team.

Next season, the blue and white team will meet again with three young right-backs with similar profiles. Víctor Gómez, indisputable in Málaga, will return to fight for the place with Óscar Gil and a Miguelón who hopes to count again for Vicente Moreno shortly. Fate may give you another chance to consolidate.