Rogelio Funes Mori’s shock injury in his second match with Pumas UNAM: he had to undergo emergency surgery

The Argentine striker Rogelio Funes Moriwho played for Mexico at the World Cup in Qatar, did not start his time at the World Cup with good luck. UNAM Pumawhere he ended up after a long journey Rayados of Monterrey. The fact is that in his second match with the new shirt he suffered a shocking injury who forced him Surgery urgently, without yet having a deadline for his return to the fields.

“Funes Mori was feeling unwell after a blow suffered in a game during yesterday’s match against Atlético de San Luis; the diagnosis was a fracture of two costal arches, which caused a pneumothorax, for which he was operated successfully”the club reported in a press release.

The action, approximately 37′ into the game, was a typical clash between attacker and defender fighting for the ball, but the consequences were serious for Funes Mori, who took control of the right intercostal area.

Originally from Mendoza, the 32-year-old striker is one of the best performing foreigners in Mexican football in the last eight years. With 160 goals He established himself as the top scorer of the Rayados, who he left to emigrate to Pumas.

Last Sunday Funes Mori played the second half for the Pumas in the 1-0 win over Juárez FC and this Friday he started, but came off the pitch at half-time, in the 3-1 defeat against San Luis.

With one victory and one defeat, the Pumas occupy seventh place in the Clausura tournament in which they will meet next Sunday against Pachuca.