By Gerardo Romero
01 Feb 2024, 07:48 AM EST
The Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara received good news after confirming that the Argentine soccer player, Gilberto ‘Tiba’ Sepúlveda, was successfully operated on for the fracture he suffered on Matchday 4 of the Clausura 2024 tournament against the Diablos Rojos del Toluca.
The technical director of the Rebaño Sagrado, Fernando Gago, had been in charge of confirming that the Argentine player suffered this injury after starring in a tough clash against Mateo Chávez in the match played this Tuesday against the Diablos Rojos del Toluca corresponding to matchday 4 of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the MX League.
The injury to this Chivas figure occurred when Sepúlveda and Chávez looked for a ball in the air but, unable to communicate, they ended up starring in the crash; The albiceleste could not get up and he had to be treated immediately by the medical staff to be sent to the hospital.
“Tiba, she does have a fracture, unfortunately. So we will wait for the medical report, we will see everything, what the times are like. It’s a shame because he was at a very good level, he was consolidating, also within the group it is very important, but well we will wait for him and we will try to get him to come in for him who has the best tools, the best possibility so that the team does not feel it.” Gago said during a press conference.
For its part, the club’s medical staff issued a statement in which they detailed Sepúlveda’s case and the treatment they were going to perform to operate on him in order to have him back as soon as possible.
“Gilberto had a fracture of the left malar complex, for which a surgical intervention was performed to reduce the fracture; said procedure was completed satisfactorily. The time to return to competition will be subject to evolution,” the text says.
Gago confident in the team
Despite this loss, Fernando Gago considered that the team showed quite well in this first victory under his command and considered that this should be the path they should follow in the next games to be able to reach the Liguilla of the Clausura 2024 tournament. of the MX League.
“I think that in general terms the game was good, with more dominance from the rival in principle that positioned us in situations to play in an area that we did not want to play in,” Gago explained.
Afterwards we began to settle in, we began to understand match situations where we had to play. We took the lead, then they tied us very quickly and then in the second half I think we had more space to be able to play it, that we should have played more, but I liked the team, I liked it,” concluded the strategist.
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