He Alaves and Ruben
Duarte they sigh in relief. That at least emerges from a tweet posted by his brother on social media. While waiting to know the diagnosis of his knee injury through the official communication service of the club, the footballer's own environment sheds some light on the matter.
The slime fox's brother tweeted an optimistic message. In it he appears next to the Albiazul defender, both smiling, along with the following message: “Happy
Christmas from the family Duarte… I want to thank all the expressions of affection that we have received… it was a big scare, but not as serious as it seemed… thank God ”.
In addition, he thanks a “top fans” for the different messages of support received by the Albiazules fans. Whatever the final extent of his knee injury, the logical thing is to think that he will not be able to be next Thursday, the 31st, in the derby against Osasuna in He
Sadar. In addition to his absence, Paul
Machin neither will be able to count on Rodrigo
Battaglia, sanctioned for accumulation of warnings. They are joined by the well-known long-term casualties of Rodrigo and Pere
Pons, waiting to know the evolution of Burgui.
Recomposition
The losses of the Argentine and the Andalusian suppose a very serious inconvenience for Paul
Machin. “I'm optimistic and I hope it's not serious,” said the coach about the knee injury suffered by the defender against him. Eibar. “The lateral ligament is affected,” he said. The side had to be replaced and was removed on a stretcher with obvious gestures of intense pain. However, fortunately, the tests carried out seem to rule out a serious problem. Now it will be necessary to know how much recovery time the footballer will need, all life insurance and an example of regularity in the last four seasons.
Such is its importance in the current Alaves that, in the present League, has started fourteen of the fifteen games played and only missed one match, on the sixth matchday, after being sent off for a double yellow against him Athletic. In them he totals 1,181 minutes of play, being the third man, and the first defense, most used by Paul
Machin.
Therefore, his absence and that of Battaglia they mean the loss of two vital elements in the eleven set up by the Soria coach, who will have to look for two alternatives to replace them – in the case of the defender, everything indicates that there will be more than one match missing.
Manu's option
Having the captain is one of the alternatives to fill the gap left by the Argentine. Gasteiztarra has exceeded Covid-19 and a foot injury that weighed on him in the competitive start and, although he still needs to get the necessary form, he is emerging as the main candidate due to his remarkable craft.
After completing his mandatory confinement and testing negative for coronavirus, returned to training with the group and has already taken part in the last two games. Against him Celtic played 6 minutes off the bench and against him Eibar, 18.
In the derby against the gunsmiths he replaced precisely Battaglia in what could well be a proof of Paul
Machin to draw conclusions. Thus, the captain could start in He
Sadar in which it would be his first meeting as a starter in this course and hold on the grass while his strength lasts. The other option for the center of the field, also feasible, is to reposition in the double pivot to Jot
Peleteiro beside Thomas
Pineapple, but this possibility did not finish carburing against the Huesca.
On the left-handed flank of the rear, Adrian
Marin and Javi
Lopez are the candidates to replace Ruben
Duarte. You also have other options, but the logical thing is that Machin use one of the left backs you have on the template. Although both have counted quite little so far, the youth squad has had more minutes in the league than the manchego.