“It could cut his career short”

On a typical night Libertadores Cup where the group positions were defined to determine who advanced to the round of 16 and who will continue in the South American, Cerro Porteño y Colo Colo sparks were thrown. With the match almost over, with seconds left, a violent scene occurred in which A player from the Chilean team could have suffered a very serious injury.

In the added time, the team he leads Jorge Almiron went in search of victory and Maximiliano Falcon He left behind to try to win the game on the last play. However, his brief stint as a striker did not go well at all: received a very hard foul from Alan Benítezright lateral of the Guarani set.

At first, and unusually, Benítez was only warned by the referee Wilmar Roldanbut his compatriot appeared Leonard Mosquera, from the VAR to warn him of the gross error he had made in his ruling. Roldán went to review the infraction and needed just five secondsliterally, to change the cardboard to red and send the aggressor Benítez to the showers.

The truth is that the Uruguayan Falcón received a strong blow that will prevent him from playing next weekend when Colo Colo faces Copiapó. After the match, the central defender emphasized Benítez’s kick and complained: “I won’t make it to Sunday’s game because it hurts a lot, I can’t move my leg. For now I can only walk”.

At the end of the match against Cerro Porteño that qualified him for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, the Uruguayan said: “My knee hurts a lot, because you can see in the play, I think my foot is dragging. I started screaming because I was scared by the cruciate ligaments, it hurt me a lot. The doctor moved my knee and apparently it is firm. I suppose that It must be a grade two or three sprain.”.

Then, he related the tremendous pain he felt as soon as he suffered the crash, with the serious injury suffered by his teammate César Fuentes. The Chilean suffers from a torn cruciate ligament, which will keep him off the field for at least most of the year. Based on that, he maintained: “I spoke with Fuentes, who happened to him with the crusaders, and he told me that he couldn’t walk, I was seriously scared. We will do an MRI to see how it goes”.

Alan Benítez’s “criminal” action against Maximiliano Falcón was so strong that it immediately went viral and reached different media outlets in different parts of the planet. The most recognized worldwide was The Sunof England. The most read newspaper in the United Kingdom He replied to the news and, like the information channels in this part of the world, was clear and titled: ‘THAT IS VERY VIOLENT’.

Among the assessments expressed by the British media, the comments of the followers of both teams stand out, who also vibrated with the match on social networks. “He could have cut his career short” was the conclusion they reached from the country that invented soccer.

Cerro Porteño could not beat Colo-Colo and finished third in group A of the Copa Libertadores, becoming one of the possible rivals that Boca will face in the Sudamericana playoffs. For its part, the trans-Andean team led by Jorge Almirón advanced to the round of 16 and will be in the second round, waiting for a draw that could see it cross paths with Palmeiras, Atlético Mineiro and possibly against River, among others.