River Plate confirmed that Nicolás De La Cruz suffers from a venous thrombosis: what is it and how long will recovery take

Although River Plate is going through an ideal soccer present as the only leader of the Professional League, injuries do not stop and concern is increasing. Right at the moment when the tournament enters the definition stage, Nicolás De La Cruz joined the club’s infirmary.

The Uruguayan had been replaced in the first half of the duel against San Lorenzo at the Monumental stadium and this Monday River Plate confirmed the injury of the 24-year-old midfielder: thrombosis in the left foot.

“Monday at River Camp: Regenerative tasks for a group. Technical tasks in reduced court for another. Differentiated: Angileri, Díaz, Vigo and De La Cruz (venous thrombosis in the left foot) ”, was the medical report that was published on social networks.

In this way, De La Cruz was automatically ruled out for Thursday’s game against Talleres de Córdoba at the Mario Alberto Kempes. Precisely, the T is the only guard for the Millionaire to four units, so Marcelo Gallardo will suffer a sensitive loss in a momentous duel that could mark the fate of the championship.

Although the medical part does not clarify if the vein thrombosis is deep or superficial, in general this type of discomfort, which is similar to that of a trauma, does not usually take long recovery time. Because it is a clot that lodges in the blood vessel as a result of the healing of a blowIn River Plate they speculate that the Uruguayan could say present against Argentinos Juniors, next Monday at the Monumental.

It is worth remembering that De La Cruz had played all three matches on the FIFA date with his national team and had pain in the Achilles tendon. For its part, another who ended up with discomfort in the left hamstring was Alex Vigo, although he had a major injury. The defender will be evaluated in the next few days. For this reason, Robert Rojas will continue to be the right back because Milton Casco must take the place of Fabrizio Angileri, who tore his left hamstring last week and is ruled out.

While the good news for Marcelo Gallardo was that Jonatan Maidana and Braian Romero received medical discharge. The defender recovered from a tear in the anterior rectus of the left thigh suffered in the rematch against Atlético Mineiro for the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores; While the forward had been injured in the Superclásico against Boca Juniors (grade 1 muscle injury in the adductor).

Likewise, Paulo Díaz had a differentiated work, who has a discomfort in the right adductor suffered in the qualifying rounds and they will evaluate him tomorrow to see if he is in a position to be taken into account. With this panorama, the possible team would be with: Franco Armani, Rojas, Felipe Peña, David Martínez, Casco; Enzo Pérez, Enzo Fernández, Santiago Simón, Agustín Palavecino: Julián Alvarez and Romero or Benjamin Rollheiser.

The squad will return to work this Tuesday at the Ezeiza campus and they will announce the list of concentrated players who will travel to Córdoba on Wednesday after training to face the tournament guard. River Plate will not have a rest after this match and will continue with training on Monday of next week, returning to Buenos Aires, to host Argentinos Juniors at the Monumental on the 18th date of the tournament. The Millionaire team is leading the way with 36 points, after 10 dates without defeats and after 6 consecutive wins, followed by Talleres with 32 units and Boca and Lanús are in third place with 9 units.

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