The confirmation of Corona’s injury was given by Sevilla, the club where the Mexican plays, which will be operated on. Photo: EFE / EPA / ANDY RAIN.
The striker of Sevilla and the Mexican national team Jesus “Tecatito” Crown today suffered the rupture of the fibula and the ligaments of the ankle of the left leg and will miss the Qatar World Cup 2022which represents a significant absence for one of Argentina’s rivals in the group stage.
The Spanish club informed the difficult diagnosis of the Mexican striker who had retired from training in the ambulance.
“Tecatito suffers from a broken fibula and ankle ligaments,” explained Sevilla through official channels with a message of encouragement for the player.
According to the coach Julen Lopetegui At a press conference, Corona hooked his left leg during training at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium and had to be rushed by ambulance.
Jesús Manuel Corona in one of his last matches with the Mexico shirt. Photo: Christian Petersen / Getty Images / AFP.
Player will be operated in the next few hours and the estimated recovery time is four to five months.
In this way, “Tecatito”, 29, will miss the Qatar 2022 World Cup and much of the European season.
crown was one of the steady forwards of the team led by the Argentine Gerardo Martinowhich will divide Group C of the World Cup together with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia.
The striker was about to participate in his second World Cup after being in Russia 2018. In total, he played 67 games for the “Tri” and scored 10 goals.
In Seville he is the companion of the Argentines Gonzalo Montiel, Marcos Acuña, Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, Erik Lamela and Lucas Ocampos.
Source: Telam
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