The alarms go off again in the Argentine team; Ángel Di María retired injured in the duel corresponding to the fourth date of the group stage of the Champions League. In the match where Juventus cayó 2 to 0 ante Maccabi Haifa In Israel, the Argentine had to be replaced by Arkadiusz Milik and Lionel Scaloni adds another concern 40 days after the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
23 minutes of the first half were played and the game was 1-0 in favor of the Israeli team. The midfielder went to dispute a ball in the offensive sector with defender Dylan Batubinsika and immediately stopped, raised his hand and noticed a pain in the back of the thigh of his right leg. He immediately asked for the change.
The Polish Arkadiusz Milik entered in his place and the Argentinean left the field of play accompanied by the medical staff with some gestures of pain and also of concern on his face. Maccabi Haifa won the match 2-0 with goals scored by Omer Atzili at 7 and 42.
At the moment, from the club They did not release any statement about the 34-year-old player’s injury. At the end of the game there will surely be more details about what happened. The bad news for Argentina is that it happens six weeks after the team’s debut in the World Cup.
This is added to the annoyance that accused Lionel Messi which, according to the club’s official medical report, is “a little discomfort in the calf”. This did not allow the captain of the national team to be in PSG’s duel against Benfica. In addition, to Paulo Dybala’s injury who the studies carried out this Monday revealed that he suffered a condition in the quadriceps femoris of the leg, with a recovery period that for now was set between four and eight weeks, waiting for an MRI to be performed in the next 48 hours, once the affected area deflates.
Since his arrival at Juventus, in the last transfer market, It would be the third injury of Ángel Di María. The first was on August 15, in his debut against Sassuolo: he had to leave due to discomfort in the adductor area of his left leg. In his return, on September 3 against Fiorentina, he suffered from the ailment. This Tuesday, against Maccabi Haifa, he had a similar trauma again, but in his right leg.
Muscular injuries are a subject that persecuted Rosario throughout his career. Once, in statements, Fideo expressed: “It could be that the pressure influences my injuries”. In addition, he said that he began to work with a psychologist who helps him “be better and better.”
In the selection he was also a victim of injuries. The medical reports that accumulate in Ángel Di María’s career with the national jersey were constant. The most remembered casualties were the tear that in the quarterfinals marginalized him for the rest of the 2014 World Cup and the muscle ruptures in the last two America’s Cups.
The chronology of his injuries in the selection
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