What are the injuries that have left Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup?

The medical staff of the Argentine soccer team released the diagnosis this Thursday that removed two players from the Qatar World Cup. The injury of Nicola Gonzalez he was muscular: he compromised the left hamstring. that of Joachim Correa, Achilles tendonitis on the left leg. Players will be replaced by Angelo Correa Y Thiago Almadarespectively.

The declaration of Florentine at the end of October the alarms on the Nicola Gonzalezwho was included in the list of 26 footballers who traveled Qatar despite not adding minutes in the last few appointments with his team. Lionel Scaloniwho on Wednesday evening had anticipated that there could be changes to the roster, confirmed his statements and sacked the player after the first training session at the sports headquarters of the University of Doha where the national team is concentrated.

González was replaced in the 7th minute of the match that Fiorentina had lost 3-4 against Inter, on the 11th day of Serie A. injuries after the checks carried out and will be re-evaluated in the next few days”. However, he was not present at any of the following meetings.

The report did not discuss the dreaded “fibrillar rupture,” the fancy way to refer to a teardrop. This is why González’s surname was on the list of 26 who completed his first training session in Doha on Thursday. Work began in the gym with a warm-up on an exercise bike and continued on the juice field with exercises coordinated by physical trainer Luis Martin. Finally, the technical staff coordinated the coordination and speed exercises to end with the tactical work.

Training was behind closed doors but the team’s official account published a series of photos with Julián Álvarez, Gonzalo Montiel and Nicolás González on one of the pitches. However, later, the AFA’s statement ended González’s stay in Qatar. The medical staff confirmed the injury to left hamstring.

González, with a past at Argentinos Juniors, had responded positively in recent days after sustaining a muscle injury on 23 October with Fiorentina from Italy, although in training this Thursday he suffered a relapse and was discharged.

The case of Joaquín Correa

Joaquín Correa attended Wednesday’s match against the United Arab Emirates and scored the fifth goal for Argentina, who kept clean. Precisely in the final stretch of that game he received some complaints from Scaloni for not having changed the pace of action, a situation which the player later admitted to having been treated because he had “tendonitis pains”.

This annoyance – that of the player and that of the coach – motivated Scaloni’s declarations at the end of the game, when he announced that he could avail himself of the “regulatory possibility of making changes to the list from 26 to 24 hours before the debut in the World Cup” .

The activity of the Argentine national team will continue on Friday with a new training session in view of the big debut on Tuesday against Saudi Arabia at the Lusail stadium, the largest in Qatar and venue for the final on 18 December. The press will be able to enter the first 15 minutes of practice.