Mauro Zárate
suffered a
torn cruciate ligament in one of his knees
while defending the Cosenza shirt, from the second division of
Italian
soccer .
The 35-year-old forward reported the serious injury through his social networks and confirmed his condition this Sunday, which will require reconstructive surgery that will take him away from the courts.
"Unfortunately, the exams have detected an injury to my cruciate ligament and in the next few days
I will undergo an operation
to begin my recovery," the former player of Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors and Platense, among other clubs, wrote on his Facebook page.
Zárate was injured last Saturday in
the match that Cosenza tied without goals with Sudtirol
, for the 25th.
date of the Serie B tournament.
The striker had to
leave the field of play 10 minutes into the second period
, being replaced by Massimo Zilli, according to "Soccerway".
Mauro Zarate at Cosenza.
Instagram photo.
Also a former Lazio and Inter player, both from Italy,
he was barely able to play 144 minutes with his new club
, which he joined at the beginning of January.
He had arrived at the beginning of this year, signing a contract
for six months
.
Now, faced with this misfortune, they will offer to renew.
"Sociedad Cosenza Calcio informs that, during yesterday's game, soccer player Mauro Zárate suffered a strain injury to his
left knee
. The diagnostic tests carried out this morning revealed
involvement of the capsular ligament
(anterior cruciate ligament injury)" , explained the club in a statement.
"The Company wants Mauro, who immediately showed
great attachment to the shirt
and put his talent and experience at the disposal of his teammates and coaching staff, to return to the pitch as soon as possible and will propose to the striker to renew his current contract
as a sign. of thanks and encouragement
for a prompt return", they continued.
Cosenza is not going through a good moment
, since it is in
last
place in series B, with just 23 points.
Ángel Di María, in Qatar 2022 mode
Meanwhile, as in the final of the Argentine National Team against France in the last World Cup, the man from Rosario was essential to achieve the long-awaited victory of Juventus against Spezia, when he made it 2-0 with which his team reached the seventh position of the Serie A of Calcio.
That
Juve
continues with options to enter Europe, that it is not flirting with relegation, that it is in the Italian Cup semifinals and that it can enter the Europa League round of 16 has a great culprit: "Fideo" Di María.
Ángel Di María celebrates after scoring the second goal for Juventus in the 2-0 victory against Spezia in the Italian Serie A.
AP photo.
It is that since he returned from the World Cup, he has proclaimed himself the undisputed leader of a dysfunctional Juventus without the Argentine on the pitch.
Allegri reserved it thinking about the return of the Europa League against French Nantes, like Bremer, Szczesny or Chiesa -not even called-.
But he had to call on his services as a firefighter in the second half to avoid the fire that was about to ignite, with Spezia dominating the bianconeri and coming close to scoring on several occasions.
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