Lionel Messi
lifts the World Cup again.
But it is not December 18, it does not have the
bisht
nor is it 13 thousand kilometers away in the middle of the playing field of the Lusail stadium, the home of the Qatar 2022 final. The scene takes place in Núñez, with 84 thousand lucky , who got their place in the Monumental.
There is one trophy, two trophies, three trophies... There are 26 trophies.
No, sorry.
There are 25. It is that Alejandro Papu Gómez
was missing from the great party of the champions .
What happened to Papu Gomez?
That is the question that is repeated in the search engines and that forces us to scratch the bottom of the pot to find something that serves to somehow explain the absence beyond the official explanations.
What are the official explanations?
The player himself announced it a week ago.
"Unfortunately, due to my injury I will not be able to travel to greet them and hug them, it is a great pain and sadness because I would have loved to be there and feel all their love and affection," Gómez wrote on her official Instagram account.
The Sevilla midfielder from Spain thanked the fans for their messages and added: "I'm sure we'll see each other again! I'll continue to recover here to play again! I hug you from a distance! Enjoy the Scaleneta and that wonderful group ".
The message only received the likes of Emiliano Dibu Martínez and that exit through the networks of the rest of the champions generated intrigue.
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The midfielder injured his left ankle with the National Team in the World Cup, where he missed the last three games, in the quarterfinals, in the semifinals and in the final won by Argentina, and, back in Seville, an MRI revealed that he had "an affectation of the deltoid ligament of the right ankle".
His last appearance was against Australia.
In that game he started as a starter and was replaced after having felt the discomfort.
This ailment forced him to undergo surgery after trying to avoid surgery and these days he is in the final phase of recovery.
It was believed that he would still be able to travel to participate in the festivities, but finally the doctors of the Andalusian club ordered him to stay in Spain so as not to alter the deadlines for his return to the playing fields.
His absence drew attention.
For this reason, Lionel Scaloni had to respond on the subject at the press conference prior to the match against Panama.
"He came from an injury and it is understandable that they don't let him come, but hey, we will do everything possible so that he can be with us for even one day or two, but it will depend a lot on his club", he asserted while leaving a door open.
However, Papu was not seen at the Monumental and it seems complex for him to say present on Tuesday, in Santiago del Estero, against Curaçao.
DePaul's word
Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and Alejandro Gómez, the cabal of champions.
Photo: Reuters
Rodrigo De Paul, one of the leaders of the world champion squad, was one of the few who referred to the absence of Papu Gómez after the party at the Monumental.
“That Ale is not there is a blow because he is part of the group, he was in the Copa América, he was in the Finalissima, he was an important part of the World Cup.
But well, Seville did not let him come, ”the story of him began.
“He has an injury, Sevilla is fighting relegation and they will surely want to have him for the last games.
This is part of him, like everyone else.
He will surely have celebrated and enjoyed it from there ”, completed the Motorcito
De Paul, Paredes and Gómez had a cabal before each World Cup game: they went out onto the field of play and ate candies before warming up.
On Thursday, at the Monumental, the one who was in Papu's place was Lautaro Martínez.
Before, in a photo that the players reissued on social networks, the one who had taken the place of Gómez had been Paulo Dybala.
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