Lisandro Martínez continues his cursed 2024: another injury takes him out of the Premier League definition and worries the race for the Copa América

Lisandro Martínez doesn’t win due to disappointment. The world champion with the Argentina national team in Qatar 2022 he suffered a new injury which will leave him out of the decisive matches of the premier league with the Manchester United and generates worry in front of America’s Cupwhile under normal conditions it would constitute a fixed part of the request Lionel Scaloni.

It’s a cursed 2024 for the ‘Butcher’, as the ‘Red Devils’ fans nicknamed him, who is now suffering from a soleus muscle tensionlocated in the gemini area, as confirmed to Clarion from your environment.

The club’s official medical report specifies only that “he will not be available for the next matches”, but an injury of this type requires a recovery of between 21 and 30 days, so he would be back on the field at the beginning of May.

Last Saturday Martínez reappeared after almost two months at Manchester United. Trainer Erik Ten Hag He sent him onto the pitch in the 68th minute, replacing Swede Victor Lindelöf, who was also injured, although in his case it was a hamstring injury. In the heartbreaking 1-1 draw they suffered against BrentfordLicha was dribbled past on the final play by Ivan Toney, who launched into the center to set up Kristoffer Ajer’s goal.

The Entre Ríos defender had played for the last time on 4 February against West Ham (when he suffered an injury to the medial collateral ligament of his right knee) and in the meantime had been authorized to travel with the Argentina national team for the tour. of the United States, although he did not get minutes in the friendlies against El Salvador and Costa Rica.

This period of defeat for the ‘Red Devils’ provides alarming information: in this 2023/24 season it has been 161 days on the injured list, to which will be added this month the fact that he will suffer a muscle strain.