By Gerardo Romero
01 Feb 2024, 15:44 PM EST
The Club América Eagles are going through a serious problem after it was confirmed that the Mexican forward and main star of the organization, Henry Martín, suffered an injury to his right ankle that will keep him away from the playing field for a while until he is completely recovered. ; This event occurred in the duel corresponding to Matchday 3 of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the MX League against Rayos de Necaxa.
This information was provided by TUDN journalist, Gibrán Araige, who detailed that the forward will miss at least the next two games of the azulcrema team in the regular round of the Clausura 2024 tournament in order to fully recover; This represents that the entire weight of the offensive will fall mainly on the Colombian forward Julián Quiñones.
This means that Henry Martín will miss the match against Rayados de Monterrey in the Liga MX and the match against Real Estelí in the Concacaf Champions Cup, the latter being the most relevant as it is an international competition that the team wants to lift. for this year.
The Aztec attacker suffered an injury in the 8th minute of the match against Rayos de Necaxa during a play in which he ended up receiving the ball on a throw-in; When trying to overcome two rivals who were covering him, he ended up completely twisting his ankle, which knocked him down on the field for several seconds.
It is important to highlight that Martín played almost 45 minutes in that match and then was substituted at half-time due to the ailments he had been experiencing on the field; This fact was reflected in the fact that he also played a total of 12 minutes of added time due to the large number of events that delayed the first half.
Currently the Águilas of Club América, champion of the Apertura 2023 tournament of the Liga MX, are in second position in the classification table of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the Liga MX with a total of 10 points, being tied with the Rayados de Monterrey and the UANL Tigers.
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