Bellingham suffers a high-grade sprain. The Englishman woke up this morning with his left ankle very swollen (much more than last night) and a lot of pain. The sensations were bad and medical tests have confirmed it: his sprain is high grade. She will be out in the next four games: no traveling to Leipzig, she will not go to Vallecas either, she will not receive Sevilla and, although a small cartridge is saved here, everything indicates that she will not be in Mestalla either. It will be three weeks without the Englishman, who aims to return in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 (March 6, at the Bernabéu).
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Bellingham, sitting on the bench with ice on his ankle.DANI SANCHEZDiarioAS
Bellingham is “one millimeter” away from suffering a serious injury. Club sources assure that, within the blow, there has been a pinch of luck: if he had sprained his ankle a little more, the ligaments of the tibiofibular joint would have been affected, an injury that, for example, Vinicius suffered in 2019 against the Ajax and it was hell for him (“I spent six months in fear; when it was cold, it hurt without doing anything,” confessed the Brazilian, who then left the field in tears). An injury like this tends to lead to seven weeks out. In Jude’s case, these ligaments have not been affected, so everything boils down to a sprain, but a very strong one. It will be three weeks.
A stomp from Pablo Torre
It all happened in the 50th minute: Bellingham came down to help recover the ball, bit the sideline and when he saw the opportunity, he put his foot in… but Pablo Torre arrived late and, involuntarily, stepped on him. That caused a notable sprain, the sprain happened. The player made to continue, after reflecting. He returned to the field and, limping, pushed the ball to make it 3-0. But it was evident that he couldn’t and he motioned to the bench to replace him. Brahim entered.
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The moment of Bellingham’s ankle sprain, in an action with Pablo Torre.DAZN
He sat next to the doctors, threw the boot, put his leg up, and they surrounded the swelling with ice. This is how he watched the last half hour of the game, resting the area. And when Martínez Munuera signaled the end, he stood up and greeted teammates and rivals, limping noticeably. In the first examinations, already in the locker room, an obvious sprain was seen, but we had to wait until today to know the degree. And the result has been devastating: it is high. Jude has dribbled for “a millimeter” something more serious, but he will not play again in February. Madrid will be without Bellingham for about three weeks.