Coach Carlo Ancelotti must have to deal with another loss in the group of the Brazilian team that will compete in the World Cup, between June 11th and July 19th.
Real Madrid defender Éder Militão, who suffered a muscle injury to his left thigh last Tuesday (21), will need to undergo a surgical procedure and will not be able to play in the World Cup, according to information from Spanish radio Cope.
The Brazilian team debuts in the tournament in North America on June 13, against Morocco.
The merengue club has not yet officially commented on any updates on its athlete’s health status.
On Thursday (21), when confirming the physical problem, Real simply said that it was a “muscle injury to the femoral biceps”.
The association did not inform the estimated time of absence, limiting itself to stating that the athlete’s recovery “will be monitored” by the medical team.
This is the Brazilian defender’s third muscle injury of the season. The first occurred in November, when he missed two games.
The second occurred in December, when he also suffered a rupture of the biceps femoris in his left leg, which affected a tendon. The Brazilian was sidelined for almost four months.
According to information from Cope, new tests carried out by the club showed that a scar left by this second intervention ended up reopening, forcing new surgery on the athlete.
“The biceps femoris muscle injury is an injury to the posterior region of the thigh. It is one of the most common injuries in football. What varies greatly is the severity of the injury. The muscle can present partial injuries, in which only part of the fibers are affected, to injuries in which there is complete rupture of the muscle fibers at a certain point”, said Adriano Marques de Almeida, president of SBRATE (Brazilian Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology.
Muscle injuries are evaluated according to their extent —in relation to the length of the muscle fiber—, on a scale that starts at “grade one”, of lesser severity, with only muscle stretching, going through “grade two”, when there is rupture of 50% of the fibers, and “grade three”, with 50% to almost 100% rupture. In “degree four”, there is total rupture of the muscle fiber. Real did not say the extent of Militão’s injury.
Last Wednesday (22), specialized website The Athletic published that Chelsea striker Estêvão suffered a grade four muscle injury during a clash with Manchester United, with his participation in the World Cup practically ruled out.
“After this Militão injury, appropriate treatment is necessary to allow the muscle to heal, avoiding the formation of fibrosis, allowing the recovery of bone mobility and muscle strength, without pain or any symptoms”, noted Almeida.
Striker Rodrygo, also from Real Madrid, is already a certain absence from the Brazilian team at the World Cup, after suffering a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, at the beginning of March. The estimated time for recovery is at least eight months.
