He Mexico’s debut in the Copa América had bad news so much for both internally for the team and for the fans. At minute 27′, Edson Álvarez fell on the NRG Stadium field, in a play where he was returning to the defensive zone in a counterattack by Jamaica, when he suddenly fell on his own feet. Immediately, the West Ham United midfielder made evident the pain of what at first glance It could be an injury that leaves him out of the continental tournament.
The Tricolor doctors came in to assist the Aztec captain and immediately asked for a change. Álvarez was surrounded by his companions and stood up with tears of pain. Although the Mexican soccer player did not come out on the stretcher, he needed the help of the medical team to leave the field limping.
It will be in the next hours when the extent of Edson Álvarez’s injury is knownwho in the duel against Jamaica was wearing the Tricolor captain’s badge for the first time in his career in a large tournament.
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