Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves suffered a medial collateral ligament injury in his right knee and is out for the Pumas UNAM team.
This Thursday the feline team reported through a statement that, after the injury, Alves will not be called up for the last day of the regular phase of the Apertura tournament 2022.
Apparently, Dani Alves has taken the situation with enough soda, and assures that the injury does not put him at risk for, in case he is summoned, to play the World Cup in Qatar with Brazil 2022.
“ Dani Alves will not be able to close the Apertura tournament 2022 with Cougars. The Brazilian defender did not make the trip to Ciudad Juárez to face the commitment against the Braves due to an injury to the medial collateral ligament of his right knee, which is still under evaluation by the club’s medical staff,” the club said in a statement. .
Although there is no exact diagnosis from the team’s doctors, Alves said that he will be absent with the team for the match against Juárez FC just as a precaution.
“My friend Diogo kicked me in training and as a precaution I did not travel. POINT”, said the former Spanish Barcelona player.
The Pumas will close their participation in the Apertura by visiting Juárez FC this Friday and with no chance of qualifying for the final phase.
The cats they made one of their best transfer markets in recent years by hiring Alves and the Argentines Eduardo Salvio and Gustavo Del Prete.
However, the felines, one game from the end of the Apertura, have a record of two wins, eight draws and six losses, located third from last in the table with 14 points.
Against Juárez, the university students will seek to rescue their pride and begin to rethink what will continue in the Clausura 2023 which will start after Qatar 2022.
With information from EFE.
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