Victories fill Almería’s infirmary

Almería has been full of victories in the month of February for the first time in its history. However, Rubi appeared in the last two post-match press conferences with a sad face, giving the feeling that his team had lost. And he really lost, once again, capital players for the decisive phase of the championship. Injuries have soured the triumphant streak of an Almería team that is now looking to the market, as the Atletico coach himself acknowledged last Friday.

The first to fall in February was Juanjo Nieto, who in Malaga experienced one of the worst days of his sports career when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, an injury that will keep him in the dry dock for between six and nine months, depending on how his recovery unfolds. On the following day two key pieces fell for Rubi, in the case of Chumi and Robertone. The Argentine returned to relapse from his muscle injury in the hamstrings of his right leg, an area that has not left him calm throughout the course; in fact, he has already suffered a small relapse in recovering from the injury that caused him to miss nine league games between October and December. He now he returns to the infirmary, where will you be until april.

In that same match against Mirandés, Chumi also retired in tears, who broke the fifth metatarsal of his left foot.. Laracha’s center back (outfield player with the most minutes until then; now Samu) will be down between two and three months, problem accentuated after Carriço fell last Friday. The Portuguese was already injured until the seventh day and from the fifteenth to the twenty-fourth, so he has hardly had any continuity this season (116 minutes, from three games). Against Fuenlabrada, and with the captain’s armband, he reappeared four months later, having to be substituted just after the 1-0, half an hour into the game. The injury of one of the few bets of the sports management that has not gone well forces Almería to look at the markethaving that possibility due to Nieto’s short-term injury.

With Chumi and Carriço injured, Rubi only has Babic and Martos available for the rear axis, both being left-handed. De la Hoz has already performed there on more than one occasion and Eguaras fulfilled a note against Fuenlabrada as a positional midfielder in his first start due to the Cantabrian being suspended due to suspension. Hence, the ‘6’ is the one with the most ballots to be the right center in La Romareda (Friday, 9:00 p.m.), although Rubi does not want to live on the wire until the end of the season, especially with the importance of De The Sickle in the medullary.

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.

Nieto and Chumi begin their recoveries

Nieto and Chumi, who underwent surgery last week for their corresponding injuries, are already working with the club’s medical services at the Juegos Mediterráneos Stadium. Both have begun rehabilitation, increasing the work as the weeks go by, since, for example, Chumi has barely been able to do upper body activities, since she still cannot support the operated foot. Also in the medical room are Robertone and Carriço, being the last one pending the medical tests that diagnose his discomfort in the quadriceps of his right leg.