22 in just two months of the season

In just two months of competition, in Europe We don’t talk about anything else anymore. In the five major leagues alone, there have already been a total of 22 cross-related injuries affecting Europe’s elite footballers. That of Danny Carvajal This is the latest to emerge, one of the most serious injuries that can occur in the beautiful sport and one that is becoming more common than expected. They all point to the same culprit: the calendar and its heavy congestion.

The scourge of knee injuries is a constant during these first months of competition, although what really attracts attention is how the number of cross injuries is also increasing, one of the most complex and serious injuries. difficult for footballers due to the high recovery time. that they imply and that in all cases the patient does not return to the same point before the injury.

This irritates all clubs, not only the big ones, who tend to have greater match congestion, but also the rest, the middle class. The schedule is tight for everyone equally and that impacts fatigue and minutes accumulation for all players, when they are most vulnerable to these types of injuries. As a result, in two months of competition, there have already been 22 injuries with the cruciate as a diagnosis, some with more or less seriousness if possible.

The last to fall was Danny Carvajalthan a ball divided with Yérémy Pine it broke. The captain left in tears and the medical report could not have been more discouraging: “He was diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, a rupture of the external collateral ligament and a rupture of the popliteus tendon in his right leg.” The one on the Spanish side of Real Madrid It’s number 22 since major league football began in mid-August.

In fact, in Madrid it is the third of this type this season, since two of the most promising youngsters of The factory They have also been injured this season. The central Jeanne Martinez a cruciate ligament rupture occurred in the right knee, as did Cease Palacewho broke out just in his debut this preseason in the United States.

In Spain there have also been other injuries of this type, such as that of the youth team. Barcelona Brand Bernalwho suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee with meniscus damage just when he seemed to have broken down the door to the first team and was favored by a Hansi browse that he dazzled. Hamari Traorefrom Real Sociedad, suffered the same misfortune in the League.

For example, in England We learned a few days ago of the serious injury of Rodriwith another torn anterior cruciate ligament leaving Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City without a key pillar. On the other hand, there is also Enso Gonzalezfrom Wolverhampton, with the same problem. In Germany, Grischa Promel (TSG Hoffenheim) has the cross in this regard.

They are more numerous in Francewhere there are up to six nouns: Terem Moffi And Martine Satrienin Nice; Fabian Centonzein Nantes; Faris Moumbagnaat the Olympique de Marseille; lasso Coulibalyin Auxerre; And Reda Khadrain Reims; all with a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament.

Finally, Italywhere the cruciate has become the biggest fear of Serie A teams with as many as eight long-term injuries due to cruciate fractures. These are the cases of Gianluca Scamaca (Atalanta), Alessandro Florenzi (Rome), Emirhan Ilkhan (Turin) and Gleison Bremer (Juventus) with specific cases, although in Empoli and Parma there have already been two this season. Nicolò Cambiaghi And Saba Sazonov (Empoli); And Alexander Circates And Mateusz Kowalski (Parma).

Serious injuries in Europe

1. Daniel Carvajal: tear of the anterior cruciate ligament, tear of the external collateral ligament and rupture of the popliteus tendon of the right leg
2. Brand Bernal: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee with damage to the meniscus
3. Hamari Traore (Real Sociedad): rupture of the cruciate ligament in the right knee
4. Jane Martinez (Real Madrid): torn cruciate ligament in right knee
5. Cease Palace (Real Madrid): torn anterior cruciate ligament –

   The bitter debut of César Palacios with Real Madrid during the tour that the Madrid club is carrying out in the United States.

6. Rodri (Manchester City): torn anterior cruciate ligament (pending confirmation from City)
7. Enso Gonzalez (Wolverhampton): tear of the anterior cruciate ligament
8. Grischa Promel (TSG Hoffenheim): tear of the anterior cruciate ligament
9. Terem Moffi (Nice): tear of the anterior cruciate ligament
10. Fabien Centonze (Nantes): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
11. Faris Moumbagna (Olympique de Marseille): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
12. lasso Coulibaly (Auxerre): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
13. Reda Khadra (Reims): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
14. Martine Satrien (Nice): Rupture of the cruciate ligament
15. Gianluca Scamaca (Atalanta): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
16. Mateusz Kowalski (Parma): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
17. Alessandro Florenzi (Rome): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
18. Emirhan Ilkhan (Turin): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
19. Gleison Bremer (Juventus): torn anterior cruciate ligament
20. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
21. Saba Sazonov (Empoli): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament
22. Alexander Circates (Parma): rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament