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Showing posts with label injury. Show all posts

Ronaldo's Injury

10:09 PM | Labels: , ,


Cristiano Ronaldo has been struggling with a niggling hamstring issue for the last few weeks.  Mourinho decided to risk him against Lyon and for 70 minutes against Atléti, and managed to win both.  However, during the Atléti game, Ronaldo allegedly re-injured his hamstring and will be out for 2-3 weeks, likely returning for the Champions League quarterfinal match against Tottenham on 5 April. 

However, it seems like a number of people think this is a cunning ruse to get Ronaldo out of international duty with Portugal for the next two weeks.  Tim Sherwood, the former Blackburn legend and current Tottenham coach sent to scout the Madrid derby match, claims he doesn't think Ronaldo really suffered a hamstring injury.  Sid Lowe also doubts the injury, claiming that the idea is to allow Ronaldo to fully recover from his injury instead of going off to play for Portugal for two weeks and thinks that the Madrid player will skip the game against Sporting and return for the Spurs match as planned.

Of course, given our attitude toward international football (we don't like it), we think this is genius! Go Mourinho!

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Uh oh...Higuaín To Undergo Surgery

5:07 PM | Labels: , ,

The conservative treatment didn't work. Real Madrid's world-class striker Gonzalo Higuaín will have to undergo surgery in the next two days to correct a herneated disc in his back, a very painful injury that has already kept him out close to a month.

A couple of days ago José Mourinho fumed about having to lose Higuaín for the rest of the season because Real Madrid's doctors didn't understand the severity of the injury. In response to these criticisms, the club released a statement:
The conservative treatment undertaken during these past four weeks has benefited the players' biomechanics. Because of this, the work that we have realized will make for an easier surgery, a better result, and a reduction in the postoperative rehabilitation period.
All of this may be true; in fact, I'm sure it is true. The aggravating thing is that the doctors could have operated a month earlier--though the conservative treatment may make Gonzalo's post-op recuperation faster, that process will take place over the summer. My guess is that if they had operated earlier we may have been able to bring Higuaín back a month before the end of the season. But that's just a guess.

Stay tuned for an article on Madrid's tactics and options without the young Argentine striker.

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We Owe Tomas Ujfalusi $5

11:25 AM | Labels: , , ,

Messi's ankle after Ujfalusi's crushing tackle (GolTV)
Well, the good news is that Tomas Ujfalusi listens to our Podcast--we (jokingly) offered $5 to anyone who would brutally cripple Leo Messi. The bad news is that he missed--Leo will be back tormenting people with his douchey antics within 10-15 days.

To be fair, this was an absolutely brutal challenge and Ujfalusi deserved a red card--again, we don't condone anyone deliberately injuring Messi as seems to be the case here. But if something accidental happens during the normal run of play--well, that's out of our hands now isn't it.

Here's hoping for a swift recovery followed by a series of brutal injuries. Tomas, your check is in the mail. Well, sort of.




In an unrelated note, el Principito will be off the pitch for 3 weeks or so as he battles back from an ankle injury himself. We wish only the best to our young prodigy! Get well soon, dude!

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