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Gavi, who in Valladolid was celebrating his 27th game with the National Team and who had played everything since his first call-up, was injured in the 23rd minute of the game after a jump in the dispute for a ball.
As he fell to the ground he noticed the pain and, according to Federation sources, “also the typical snap in ligamentous tears.” Óscar Luis Celada, doctor of the National Team, was very “concerned” at half-time about the Barcelona player’s physical condition when he was asked by TVE.
Gavi went directly to the locker room after being consulted by Luis de la Fuente and hugged by Real Madrid player Joselu, who came to console him. Although the play has little to do with accumulated playing time, Gavi has played 21 official games and around 1,600 minutes played at this point in the season .
Gavi’s was the second injury in the National Team in the November ‘window’. Last Thursday, in Cyprus, it was Oyarzabal who injured his biceps femoris, but his mishap will heal in two weeks. Gavi’s thing is worse because he says goodbye to the season and, perhaps, to the Euro Cup.
The first medical examinations carried out on Gavi point to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, which, if confirmed with the MRI, would mean between six and eight months out for the Barcelona player.
The Federation has limited itself to issuing a first generic medical report that speaks of a “major injury”, but AS has been able to know that, in the absence of specific tests, the Barça midfielder has torn his anterior cruciate ligament, hence the feeling was that the knee had moved out of place since it involves a tear in the ligament, which is one of the bands of tissue that connect the kneecap to the femur.
Source: AS
