The scene shuds: The ankle of Paraguayan striker Guillermo Paiva, Del Junior fell so much that, for a moment, he seemed to have taken off from the rest of the leg. In addition, the face of despair, with tight teeth, closed eyes and hands moving with despair, made many think that the worst had happened.
A pair of second back, the steering wheel Joider Micolta, from América de Cali, He hit Paiva behind trying to recover a ball. The entrance was cataloged as “Criminal”, by soccer experts, because the 22 -year -old used an excessive force and the contact was in a delicate area.
Micolta’s blow was close to the Achilles tendon, on the back of the leg. A bad blow to that part of the body can end the career of any footballer. Micolta was expelled directly. That is why you will have to pay two sanction dates. The striker of the Barranquilla cast, on the other hand, played the two minutes that were missing to finish the game.
But when he finished, he threw himself on the floor. He Pain I felt was so intense that he couldn’t walk out of the court. He had to enter the medical body of the Junior of Barranquilla. There was concern about what happened.
This Monday, Junior cleared the doubts. Paiva did not suffer an ankle fracture, as speculated. Nor did the Achilles tendon break. According to the medical part that announced the shark box, The player suffered a traumatic ankle sprain.
That means that one of the ligaments of the Paraguayan joint stretched or broke down the blow he received. The Barranquilla team did not clarify how long the recovery of the player will take. However, he indicated that the corresponding treatment has already begun and that, according to the complementary studies that are made to the player, they will determine the steps to follow.
The next game of the Atlantic Table, third in the Betplay League with 31 points, It will be on Saturday, May 10 against Independiente Santa Fe at the El Campín de Bogotá stadium. The meeting is scheduled to start from 7:20 pm
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