DBasia.news – Real Madrid continue to be plagued by insistent problems from their inconsistency in playing, which is compounded by player injuries. Latest, after being knocked out of the Champions League, Vinicius Junior suffered an injury to the ankle of his right leg.
Vinicius, 18, injured when Madrid beat 1-4 of Ajax Amsterdam in the second leg of the last 16 of the Champions League which took place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday (6/3) early morning Western Indonesian Time. The Brazilian was unable to continue the match and was replaced with Marco Asensio in the first round.
Vinicius left the playing field while crying – because maybe he knew the injury was severe enough, plus he couldn’t help Madrid in a difficult situation. The Madrid medical team has examined the injury and the results are not good.
“Following the results of the tests carried out today on our player, Vinicius Junior, by the Real Madrid medical division, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the ankle ligament in his right leg. The recovery will continue to be assessed,” read the statement in the official website of Madrid.
Injured, with the level of injury like that, it is believed BBC Sport needs a recovery time of approximately eight weeks, aka two months. In that period, Santiago Solari’s Madrid could not use his service.
Vinicius’s loss was a big blow to Madrid. Because Vinicius has so far been the team’s best performer in the midst of inconsistencies playing Madrid. It didn’t take long for the former Flamengo player to become the new Santiago Bernabeu idol.
Vinicius’s injury became the climax of Madrid’s downfall which reaped three straight losses in all competitions. Barcelona gave two consecutive defeats in the Copa del Rey and LaLiga, then the defeat of Ajax got rid of Madrid from the Champions League.