Big blow for the girls of OL and especially for Ada Hegerberg. Victim of a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, the Norwegian striker will have to have an operation, as announced by the Rhone club in a press release this Tuesday, January 28.
The first female Golden Ball in history in 2019 will therefore be unavailable for several months. It is very likely that we will not see her again on the field before the end of the season. "Lo and behold, I ruptured my anterior cruciate ligament," she reacted on her Twitter account. It's a big blow for me, but I'm going to work with all my heart and all my energy to get through this ordeal. The best is yet to come. "
So here it is. I ruptured my ACL this weekend. This is a setback for me, but I'm going to work through this with all my heart and my energy. The best is yet to come. YOU'LL SEE ME SOON! đ€đ» pic.twitter.com/4Mdd005bW2
- Ada S Hegerberg (@AdaStolsmo) January 28, 2020"The operating date will be defined in the coming days and the unavailability will be consistent with known statistics for this type of injury," said the press release. Olympique Lyonnais will offer Ada the best surgical and post-operative rehabilitation conditions to regain the fullness of its means. "
A training alert the day before
Coincidentally, he is the 5th member of the club, men and women combined to suffer this type of injury since the start of the season.
Announced in the group for the reception of Reims last Sunday on the occasion of the 14th day of D 1, the 24-year-old striker was finally not on the match sheet and did not participate in the 5-0 success of the leader of Lyon.
The day before, "she had had a training alert," said her coach Jean-Luc Vasseur after the meeting. "We had the impression that it was going well, but on Sunday morning, she was a little handicapped," he said.
Strength and Courage @AdaStolsmo đȘ https://t.co/d6Cri8ZZzu
- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) January 28, 2020Absent from the World Cup in France last summer, due to disagreements with the Norwegian selection, Ada Hegerberg had participated in 18 games since the start of the season, in all competitions, and scored 23 goals, including 14 in the league.
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His absence could benefit Marie-Antoinette Katoto. Top scorer in D1 (22 goals) last season, the PSG striker had gone ahead of a unit (15 achievements) in the standings this weekend after her hat-trick in the 5-1 success against Metz.
She will miss the decisive shock for the title in Paris
The unavailability of Ada Hegerberg could also change the situation in the title race. Even if it has a high-level workforce in quantity and quality, Lyon will be deprived of one of its centerpieces for the decisive shock in Paris on March 14 or 15.
Despite their three points ahead of PSG, the Lyonnaises, victorious 1-0 in the first leg in the RhĂŽne, will not have the right to make mistakes, on pain of seeing their 14th consecutive coronation escape it. Knowing that Paris has returned to three lengths unlike general goals (+ 47 against + 50 at OL).
Lyon is also looking for a seventh Champions League, which would be the fourth in a row. In the quarter-finals, OL will face Bayern Munich at the end of March before finding PSG (opposed to Arsenal) in the semi-finals if the two French clubs qualify. With 53 goals in the event, Ada Hegerberg is the top scorer in the history of the Women's Champions League.