2024-01-05 13:29:40
João Cancelo He injured his left knee in this Thursday’s game against the OUT Las Palmas at the Gran Canaria Stadium, and will be out indefinitely due to a strain of the internal lateral ligament of his left knee.
“The tests carried out this morning show that the first team player João Cancelo has a strain of the internal lateral ligament in his left knee. It is low and his evolution will determine his availability,” the Barça club announced in a statement.
Cancelo will most likely miss the Cup match against Barbastro on Sunday and the trip to Saudi Arabia for the Super Cup.
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João Cancelo has a strain of the internal lateral ligament in his left knee. It is low and its evolution will determine availability pic.twitter.com/6qcE3FzKL7
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 5, 2024
The Portuguese full-back started the match against Las Palmas, with Xavi’s team winning 1-2, but had to leave the field in the 11th minute after a fortuitous action in an attempted shot. He was replaced by Danish centre-back Andreas Christensen.
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Since arriving at FC Barcelona last summer, the Portuguese international has played 22 games, 16 in LaLiga EA Sports and 6 in the Champions League, with 3 goals scored and 2 assists in overall competitions.
In the absence of knowing the evolution of this injury, Cancelo joins the casualties of Pedri and Inigo Martinezwho could soon return to the team, and of Gaviwho will be out for the remainder of the season with a serious knee injury, in addition to those of Marc-André Ter Stegen y Marcos Alonso.
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