Updated 2024-10-06 11.22 | Published 2024-10-05 23.02
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Dani Carvajal will be sidelined for some time after leaving the meeting with Villarreal on a stretcher.
Now it is clear that he is forced to undergo surgery with damage to the cruciate ligament and ligament in one knee.
”I look forward to coming back like a beast”‚ he signs himself Instagram.
Real Madrid led 2–0 and would only play the match against Villarreal.
But in the final seconds, the joy at the Santiago Bernabéu turned into shock and despair.
The crowd favorite Dani Carvajal was going to clear the ball away, but the visitors’ Yeremy Pino got into the situation – and it all resulted in a terrible injury.
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fullscreen Here, Carvajal’s knee bends the wrong way. Photo: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images
In tears
Carvajal’s leg hit Pino’s thigh with full force in the pendulum motion, whereupon his knee bent “the wrong way”.
He screamed out his pain and burst into tears as he was carried off the field on a stretcher.
After the match, which ended 2–0, coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Carvajal had suffered a knee injury.
– We have to wait for the medical examination. But yes, it’s a serious knee injury and Dani is very sad right now, says Ancelotti.
Well into the Saturday morning, the Spanish big club then came with an announcement about the 32-year-old’s status: he is forced to undergo surgery.
”After the examination on Dani Carvajal, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament and an injury to the external ligament and an injury to the tendon at popliteusinfoclosepopliteusThe popliteus is a muscle in the lower part of the knee joint.. He will undergo surgery in the next few days”, writes the club.
Own words: “A serious injury”
When the Spanish national team defender can be back in action has not been announced, but he has a longer rehabilitation period to expect.
”It has been confirmed that I suffered a serious ligament injury. I have surgery and will be out for a few months, but looking forward to recovering and coming back like a beast”, he signs himself Instagram.
Carvajal’s wife, Daphne Cañizares, also published a picture on her Instastory when her husband was brought into the ambulance.
”It still feels like a nightmare. To see how you were so sad and in so much pain… and yet you tried to make me smile. I love you and admire you so much. Today begins your journey to get back to where you are happiest. Stronger. Because you always give it your all. You still have a lot to gain”, she writes.
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full screen Carvajal on the stretcher. Photo: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images