He had seen it coming for weeks, when he had to leave at half-time the last match played by his team against Cyprus. The Kosovar Vedat Muriqi suffered a hamstring tear and he will be out for about three or four weeks, depending on how badly he is broken.
Abdon And larine They now become the alternatives of the Basque coach Jagoba Arrasate to face the next days. The first of them, this Monday in Seville against Betis of Manuel Pellegrini.
Muriqi had already suffered a similar injury in November last year during another match for his national team. before Israel and he remained on leave for at least three months. The Vermilion club now hopes that the recovery periods are not the same and that the player may be available for the next match which will be played at home on October 20 against Rayo Vallecanosince Mallorca now faces three consecutive exits.
Muriqi’s loss is crucial for the team, as he is the biggest representative in attack. He scored the first goal of the season against Real Madrid and is irreplaceable for Arrasatewho stated unequivocally at a press conference that it was “very difficult for him to change him for everything he brings to the team, both in attack and defense.”
All eyes will now be on Canadian Larin, a player who has failed to live up to the expectations raised by his signing and for whom Mallorca paid Valladolid more than 7 million euros. The other solution is that of the Majorcan Abdon Pratsauthor of the winning goal last Tuesday against Real Sociedad by converting a penalty and who will almost certainly be the one who starts on Monday against Betis.
In addition to Muriqi’s injury, Majorca has Japanese Takuma Asano between the cottonsalso with muscular problems. We will have to wait for Jaboga Arrasate’s press conference tomorrow to know the call, in which the young player will surely appear again. Marc Domènechwhich was the surprise of the pre-season and the first days of the championship as an alternative in attack.
