Enner Valencia, the World Cup goalscorer who left on a stretcher like the time he feigned injury to avoid going to jail

Undoubtedly, at the end of the first week of the World Cup, the Ecuadorian Enner Valencia is one of the figures of Qatar 2022. When the referee whistled for the end of the 1-1 draw with the Netherlands, the Fenerbahce striker positioned himself in the table of scorers tops the table, with three goals. And at the end of the game, another blow, a pain, and the stretcher.

Like in the first game, in the victory against the locals, and like the time he feigned physical discomfort to escape a police order. Now one of his knees has taken him out of the game and its evolution is expected for the key cross in the definition of Group A, against Senegal.

With just four minutes remaining in the match, Valencia lay down on the pitch at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium and complained of a right knee ailment. In the first game the player had triggered the alarms as he suffered a blow there too but, unlike this time, he managed to continue on the field of play in that game where he scored the two winning goals in the opening match against Qatar.

With the target he converted this Friday, the gunner partially became the top scorer of this edition of the World Cup. Furthermore, he entered the history of Ecuadorian goalscorers at the World Cup with a total of 6 goals in 5 games.

The 33-year-old forward who currently plays for Fenerbahçe SK in the Turkish Super League was due to be replaced and Alfaro’s side are awaiting a positive response following the injury of a key player.

Enner Valencia faked an injury

A arrest warrant which weighed in on Ecuadorian Enner Valencia for arrears in alimony payments to a daughter It was waived as the winger was playing a World Cup qualifier against Chile in Quito, his rep, Gonzalo Vargas, said.

Members of the local police tried to arrest the English Everton player the moment he entered the Atahualpa stadium, but in the end He was able to form himself in the starting team.

But the 26-year-old left the field before the end of the match, presumably injured and wearing an oxygen mask.

According to El Comercio newspaper, the player was accompanied by the police to a clinic.

Word from the Valencia representative

“Children and Teen Northern Judicial Unit Judge Martha Guerrero, lifted the pressure that weighed on Enner Valenciabased on the statement presented by his lawyer Juan Carlos Carmigniani, canceling the arrest warrant against him,” announced Vargas on his Twitter account.

From the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), Carlos Villacís, said that this institution will advise him legally so that he can travel to the next one which is in La Paz, Bolivia.

With an arrest warrant in hand, Ecuadorian lawyers tried to convince the police stopped the player during training of the national team at the Atahualpa stadium.

“It is a pity that some members of the police did not cooperate in the arrest of footballer Enner Valencia, to comply with a judicial order for alimony with a debt of $17,000,” Paul Marín, the woman’s mother’s lawyer, was able to say the daughter of Valencia.

“If they say this gentleman earns a lot, why don’t you pass (the pension) to your daughter monthly and let (avoid) it accumulate and this is made public; but better so that all of Ecuador knows about it,” added Marín.