By Erwin Quinonez
03 Sep 2023, 17:31 PM EDT
The Argentine team, current world champion, has suffered a severe blow in the face of the start of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, and that is that its stellar central defender, Lisandro Martínez, was injured this Sunday during the defeat of his team on Manchester United 3-1 against Arsenal.
Martínez, who had been a starter in the first four Premier League games, had to leave the match against Arsenal at minute 66 after feeling some muscular discomfort, this immediately set off the alarms for “La Albiceleste” who had already announced it in your call.
Initially, the player’s departure has been as a precaution, however, on his return to Manchester he will undergo the corresponding tests to determine the severity of the injury and if it will prevent him from being part of the start of the Conmebol qualifiers.
Argentina will debut this September 7 against another World Cup player, the Ecuadorian team in a match to be held in Buenos Aires. Only five days later, on the 12th of this month, they will have a complicated test in the heights of La Paz, where they will face their counterpart from Bolivia.
Martínez, 24, has earned a position as one of the starting center-backs for the team led by Lionel Scaloni, in fact, he was one of the key pieces for the conquest of the World Cup in Qatar.
The center-back suffered an injury in the middle of this year that prevented him from participating in the last games of last season with Manchester United, but at the beginning of this campaign, his coach, Erik ten Hag, let it be known that the player was 100% recovered. and a sample of this was the ownership in the first played in the Premier League.
Depending on the severity of this injury, Lisandro Martínez could also miss his club’s debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage, where they will face the always difficult Bayern Munich.
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