Villarreal released Juan Foyth’s medical report: how many weeks he lost

This is not good news for Juan Foyth nor for Lionel Scaloni who may have an unexpected problem putting together the final list for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Argentine right-back was injured in Villarreal’s 0-0 win against Getafe who triggered the alarms on campus yellow submarine and in the technical staff of the Argentine national team.

After completing his medical studies, the medical report was released on Monday through a press release from the Spanish club. And, even if a recovery time is not specified, it is difficult for him to be present on the US tour in September, which could threaten his inclusion in the call for the round of 16.

There are only a few weeks left to the start of the World Cup and the list of players called up to travel to play the event begins to define the last occupants. Foyth, with a great presence at Villarreal, fights for the place among those chosen for the defense by coach Scalonibut the picture can be complicated after what happened this Sunday.

In the 56th minute of the match against Getafe for the third round of the Spanish La Liga, the Argentine played an eventful game in which he tripped in front of the imperceptible touch of a rival, got stuck with the grass of the playing field and movement caused severe pain in his left knee. Foyth winced and touched the area on the floor with concern. He was replaced.

After the unfortunate play, the 24-year-old defender was subjected to tests to definitively determine the type and degree of injury. The results They threw out that he is suffering from a post-traumatic contusion in his left knee. “Recovery times will be subject to the evolution of the player“he limited himself to expressing the brief statement in which no further details were provided.

And he closed with a message of encouragement for the player. “Villarreal FC wants to send a lot of strength, encouragement and wish the Argentine defender a speedy recovery.”.

While no recovery time has been reported, it is estimated that he will not play again for at least a month and could extend for an extra couple of weeks, depending on how he responds to kinesiology work.

Could the injury keep Foyth out of the World Cup?

Not because of the injury itself as Foyth will be recovered if there is no problem and filming will be in November. However, beyond the fact that they will wait until the last moment, the Albiceleste coaching staff already know that it is very complex to have him for the friendlies against Honduras, on 23 September in Miami, and against Jamaica, four days. later in New York. .

Scaloni and his team will set the pins on this last tour before Qatar. Here they polish the final list, which Foyth would enter up to the ninth defender. The other names of the defensive zone are clear. The TD plans to take nine defenders.

Everything indicates that Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico and Marcos Acuña are already inside.. And Foyth was emerging (at least up to this injury) as the last to be involved as, in addition to his current excellent state, he can play as a winger or center-back and even be part of an eventual three-man line.

The other names that do not lose the illusion in the background are Lucas Martínez Quarta, Marcos Senesi and Nehuén Pérez, who have also been called up by Scaloni and continue in his radar. In any case, it will be necessary to see how Foyth recovers and what happens in the last matches before the big date.