Sebastián Villa posted a message on his social networks after his left knee operation. Photo: Instagram.
Sebastián Villa is Boca’s most decisive player. But now he will stay out at least until the end of the year and will miss the Superclásico on Sunday 11th, at the Bombonera, for the 18th appointment of the Professional League. The Colombian was operated on this afternoon for a tear in the meniscus of his left knee and it will depend on his recovery time to see when his return to the first team takes place.
Villa was operated on by the doctor Giorgio Battista in the Trinidad sanatorium, located in San Isidro, the same place where Exequiel Zeballos was operated on 20 days ago for a fractured right ankle.
The Colombian underwent surgery on the external meniscus of his left knee, for which he would have been inactive for at least 45 days.
“I talked to Chelo Delgado and Later, Roman called me, wishing me strength and patience. I did everything possible to play Superclásico, We also thought about the infiltrations but it is my health, we talked about it with the doctors and the best thing was to have an operation “declared the attacker coming out of the sanatorium.
“I really wanted to play, I didn’t feel uncomfortable at the time, but after playing I felt uncomfortable,” he added. “Now I just think about recovering in the best possible way, always with God at the forefront. In this I am gifted and I hope to recover quickly”he concluded.
The Boca Juniors official medical report states: “Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of the left knee. Lesion of the external meniscus”.
To corroborate the success of the intervention, Villa himself showed himself on his Instagram account by raising his left thumb in approval.
Meanwhile at Casa Amarilla …
The team had a football training session at the Casa Amarilla property where the coach, Hugo Ibarra He tested a team with seven variants compared to the one that triumphed 2-1 against Atlético Tucumán, ahead of the match against Colón, which will be played on Sunday at 6 pm in Santa Fe by the Professional Football League (LPF).
Between suspended, injured and with his mind on the superclásico on Sunday 11 September, the coach has lined up these eleven: Agostino Rossi; Nicolás Figal, Facundo Roncaglia, Marcos Rojo and Frank Fabra; Martín Payero, Esteban Rolón and Oscar Romero; Lucas Langoni, Dario Benedetto and Norberto Briasco.
in defense Roncaglia and Rojo will return, by the suspended Luis Advíncula – with five yellow cards – and by Carlos Zambrano, muscular overload that will be preserved for the match against River, having accumulated four reprimands.
Marcos Rojo’s return will be important in view of the superclásico, as he has just suffered a tear in his right soleus muscle. The captain was already on the bench against Atlético Tucumán and the match against Sabalero will help him gain minutes.
In the middle, Payero and Rollon Guillermo Pol Fernández and Alan Varela will enter for those suspended for five reprimands.
Meanwhile Óscar Romero will play inside on the left, while in attack Pipa Benedetto will be back by Luis Vazquez.
On the sides of the attack there will be, on the right, the young people Luca Langoni -author of the two goals in the victory against Dean- in place of Juan Ramírez; and to the left Norberto Briasco in the position of the operator Sebastián Villa.
The return of the former Huracán is news as he has not played in the first team all year and has only done so in reserve, after suffering a chronic right ankle injury which he underwent an operation last April.
Finally, at the end of training, the young midfielder Aaron Molina He explained that finally – by mutual agreement with the management – he will stay at Boca and will not go on loan to Gil Vicente de Portugal.
“I will stay at Boca. The offer was real, but after talking to the club and my family I decided to stay. I want to clarify that he agreed with the management, I’m happy to stay in Boca, I feel supported by the club and my colleagues, “said Molinas.
The midfielder, two months ago, did not want to go to play Defense and Justice to stay and “fight” at Boca and now, in agreement with the management, he will continue in the club.
Source: Clarin
