Alexia Putellas underwent surgery this Tuesday morning at the Barcelona Hospital. The intervention has been satisfactory, as reported by Barcelona's medical services, who estimate that the Barca midfielder's time off will be between 10 and 12 months. She will remain hospitalized tonight and will be discharged tomorrow morning, they explained in the statement.
The current Ballon d'Or tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on July 5, during training with the Spanish team before debuting at the European Championship in England. Through social networks, the red one has wished her captain a speedy recovery: "We will be waiting for you, ????????????????????????????????. We feel very close to you and we wish you a good recovery. ???????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????
This serious injury will deprive Alexia of playing the continental date with the national team and, surely, will make him miss the entire season with Barcelona. The First Iberdrola ends on May 21, when Mollet's would complete ten months since its operation, although the Champions League final next season will be played later, on the weekend of June 3 or 4, so see it dressed short with Barça would not be entirely unreasonable either. In addition, it should be remembered that next summer the World Cup will be held in Australia and New Zealand (from July 20 to August 20), an event that the best player on the planet will not want to miss.
The news of her withdrawal was received with great sadness within the concentration, but the player decided to stay in England for a few more days and accompany the team on its debut in the European Championship against Finland. Alexia cheered on her team-mates from the stands at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes and was honored by the team, who wore a shirt bearing her name before the match. Aitana Bonmatí also wanted to dedicate her goal to him in one of the most emotional moments of the match.
Once the match was over, Alexia returned to Barcelona, where today she underwent surgery and is now beginning a long recovery process. Her time off is about a year, considerably longer than that of a man with the same injury. This is because in the case of women, the operation is usually linked to the implantation of a reinforcement in the knee to prevent relapses, due to the high rate of injuries of this type that exists among women.
