Only 26 minutes of the first half were played in the NRG Stadium of Houston when the captain and figure of the national team Mexico, Edson Alvarez, fell struck down on the grass. The 26-year-old midfielder ran at full speed to stop the counterattack of Jamaica, but he could not continue his march and was left lying in the field.
Immediately, Alvarez He took his face with his hand and requested medical attention, while writhing in pain on the ground. Something was not right in the left leg of one of the key footballers for the Aztec team’s aspirations for this Copa América.
The American referee Ismail Elfath He proceeded to interrupt the game so that the injured player could be assisted by doctors. The images of the official transmission showed Álvarez taking the posterior muscle of your left leg and, judging by what was seen, the England West Ham footballer could have suffered a serious injury, since he left the field almost unable to put his foot down and wrapped in tears.
At the time of leaving the field, with the help of the medical staff, the substitutes from Mexico They approached to touch his head and comfort him., an indicator that the muscle injury could be serious, taking into account the number of games in so few days. Luis Romo took his place.
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