Alexia already touches the ball

First thing in the morning, those close to Alexia Putellas began to receive photos of the Barça women's captain touching the ball on their phones seven months after her knee injury.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
03 February 2023 Friday 12:38
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Alexia already touches the ball

First thing in the morning, those close to Alexia Putellas began to receive photos of the Barça women's captain touching the ball on their phones seven months after her knee injury. Nobody knew. Only the soccer player and the coaching staff. And everyone was excited of course.

Since she suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on July 5, Alexia Putellas has been strictly complying with the recovery periods that were estimated to be between nine months and a year out. The year 2022 ended with Alexia running on the pitch again to take another step in this month of February already with his beloved ball. Slowly but surely.

If all the deadlines continue to be met, Alexia could start completing a part of the training with the group in early March. He would progressively add more loads of minutes and, although nobody wants to mark any date on the calendar, it is not ruled out that the footballer could play again in May to help the team in the final stretch of the season.

Its first touches come 24 hours after the captain deposited her second Ballon d'Or in a privileged corner of the Museum, next to the first, as the entity's official media showed. She was accompanied by the president Joan Laporta and the director responsible for women's football Xavi Puig.

"The recovery is going well, but I am not going to deny that I miss doing what I like the most. These last few months have not been as we want. I hope that the next time I have to speak is already in the field", Putellas pointed out with the broken voice the day he picked up his second ball in Paris.

In addition to Alexia's Ballon d'Or, the three Super Cups recently won by the men's, women's and Futsal first team were deposited in the Museum. The coach Xavi Hernández came to deliver the men's award, who was talking with Alexia.