The cursed list has reached 20: why players continue to break their crusaders and how to stop the “epidemic”

The cursed list continues to grow: There are now 20 players with torn cruciate ligaments. Jorge Battistathe medical historian of Mouth, warned this weekend when there were already 18 players who had suffered this injury which requires a recovery of no less than seven months: “And they will continue to break more and more.” The next day, Defense and Justice reported that “The studies carried out on the player Gaston Togni They broke the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.” And yesterday the “Belgrano de Córdoba lost its scorer, Luca Passerinifor the debut in the Copa Sudamericana against Inter of Porto Alegre.

In the last two matches, Pirata Cordobano lost its two most important players and for the same reason: “After carrying out the relevant studies, it was confirmed that Ulises Sánchez suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.”

Why does this lesion replicate itself day after day as if it were an epidemic? “Very tight schedule, playing fields in some cases in very poor condition, tendency to use semi-circular caps instead of round caps, psychological stress”, explains the famous Batista.

The teacher Fernando Signorinihistoric athletic trainer who accompanied Diego Armando Maradona for years, explains one of the causes of the problem and hypothesizes part of the solution: “In other sports you can predict when you will stop, but in football sometimes not, due to the dynamics of the game. C “It’s a bad distribution of effort. The acceleration muscles tend to work harder (and not the braking ones). Footballers look like high-end cars that accelerate but don’t have a brake. And not having one, they cause the brake to break.” ligament because The hamstring is the main defender of the cruciate and, not being sufficiently developed, produces this type of injury.”

“Injuries of this type have returned like an epidemic”, concludes Signorini.

Last weekend alone there were three players who left the field with torn ligaments. Lucas Blondel, who was going through his best moment since his arrival at Boca, was injured in the 19th minute of the classic against San Lorenzo at La Bombonera. The club later confirmed that they had suffered.”knee sprain with anterior cruciate ligament rupture“.

A few days earlier we had learned that Manuel Insaurralde had torn his cruciates before the Boca match.

Insaurralde was player number 16. Ulises Sánchez, 17. Blondel, 18. Togni, 19. And Passerini was 20 years old..

The League Cup began on January 25, just over two months ago. San Lorenzo, Belgrano and Defensa y Justicia are the clubs most affected by the situation: each club has lost two players, with just two months of competition.

In the 12 rounds of the League Cup, some clubs have experienced surreal situations. On 12 February Ciro Rius replaced Raúl Lozano who had torn his cruciate ligaments. A few minutes later, in the same match, the Platense new arrival suffered the same injury as the man he replaced. AND Banfield had to announce two players with torn ACLs on the same date: Bisanz and Cabrera.

According to Batista, some of the reasons for so many injuries would be the following: “Very tight schedule, playing fields in some cases in very poor condition, tendency to use semicircular instead of round caps, mental stress (everyone has something at hand) pole, relegation, qualification for the final phase), physical tiredness”, describes the prestigious traumatologist.

As if that wasn’t enough, the Libertadores and South American cups are now added to the busy calendar denounced by Batista.

“Argentinian football is extremely difficult, the work of the physical trainers is excellent. This means that the player does not have a second without receiving pressure from two or even three rivals. Although most are indirect injuries, I must also underline that In European football the player is protected more. One or two fouls, yellow and then red. From all this I can draw only one conclusion: I don’t see a quick way out. More and more players will continue to break, this is inevitable,” Batista wrote in all caps.

“There are no prevention programs which can be established because there are many variables to correct and in many cases they affect economic interests. A shame!”, concluded the sports medicine specialist.

Battista’s post

One after the other, the 20 injured

14/1 Gonzalo Martínez, River

It’s a shame that he sprained his left knee in a pre-season friendly match which, after his studies, showed the least desired result.

17/1, Guillermo Enrique (La Plata Gymnastics)

The Wolf player was injured against San Lorenzo: “Sprain of the right knee with compromise of the internal lateral ligament”

18/1, Federico Paradela (Sarmiento)

19/1 Juan Bisanz and Alejandro Cabrera (Banfield)

Paradoxically, on January 19th El Taladro released an official report in which he reported two ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligaments of his right knee.

1/29, David Sotelo (Newell’s)

30/1, Lucas Ambrogio (Atlético Tucumán)

30/1 David Barbona (Defense and Justice)

2/2 Lautaro Montoya (Córdoba Central)

12/2 Raúl Lozano and Ciro Rius (Platense)

16/2 Tomás Pozzo (Godoy Cruz)

11/3 Gastón Hernández (San Lorenzo)

18/3 Matías Giménez Rojas (Independent)

18/3 Ivo Mammini (La Plata Gymnastics

25/3 Manuel Insaurralde (San Lorenzo)

29/3 Ulises Sanchez (Belgrano)

3/30, Luca B

1/4, Gastón Togni (Defense and Justice)

3/4, Lucas Passerini (Belgrano de Córdoba)