The hero Vrsaljko: played with a broken face in Porto

Sime Vrsaljko was one of the Atlético heroes in Porto. The team needed to win to be in the knockout stages of the Champions League, the casualties were concentrated in defense and It was the Croatian’s turn to act as an emergency center, like Kondogbia.

And, far from being daunted, he was one of the great highlights. But, furthermore, Vrsaljko suffered in the first half a fracture of the zygomatic arch (located in the face in the area of ​​the cheekbone) According to the tests he underwent today in Madrid and despite this he wanted to continue helping the team to achieve the goal. Something that also explains the tears shed by the usual right-back with Correa’s goal in the 89th minute That practically put the sentence and gave Atlético the tranquility in one of the great exams of the season.

Vrsaljko was forceful in the air, strong in melee, ready to go ahead and put his heart at the service of the team. Now, he will have to undergo surgery for his injury after performing a feat on the grass of O Dragao aware that the team was very right on the defensive side. The worst news for Simeone is that he loses a new player due to injury, together with the physical problems suffered by Luis Suárez also in Porto and the casualties of Giménez, Savic and Trippier, with Real Madrid just around the corner (Sunday, 9:00 pm). Four of the seven team defenses knocked out waiting to know the availability of Uruguayan and English, a priori the first to return.

Cholo explained at the conclusion of the meeting that “I am very happy for Vrsaljko. The whole second half he played with his hurt face and this is good when one tells the group that everyone is important and that the one who plays the least has to appear. He had played in preseason there, he has strength, speed, heading and inside passing and he met all the requirements. ”The Croatian was, without a doubt, one of the protagonists of the classification.