The midfielder returned to River as one of the reinforcements for 2023, but suffered a fracture in his first friendly match that required surgery.
The start of the preseason 2023 it was complicated before River. In the first friendly match of the Martín Demichelis era, played on December 22 last year against Unión La Calera, the Millionaire suffered a weight loss for the first part of what was to come: barely six minutes after the start of the game, Matías Kranevitter received a foul that left him seriously injured.
WHAT INJURY HAS MATÍAS KRANEVITTER HAS
According to the club’s medical report, Kranevitter suffered a broken right ankle. The injury required treatment surgical to which he successfully submitted on Tuesday, December 27.
Martin Demichelis He spoke about it, noting that “it is a great sadness, Matías had trained very well. I wanted to be there because it gives the team a hierarchy. Knowing his character, when I saw that he didn’t get up automatically, it already predicted something strong”.
Colo himself also stated in his social networks that “I am sad for me and for anyone who knows what it means to me. I only know that in my house and with my people everything will be easier! Things always happen for a reason. The recovery is starting and with great enthusiasm we will work to come back strong”.
HOW LONG IS HE OUT AND WHAT MATCHES WILL HE MISS?
Kranevitter began to recover shortly after surgery and minimally it was estimated that he would be out for about four months. And given the course of the recovery, everything indicates that his return could occur precisely at that time.
Three and a half months after the operation, the man from Tucumán is in the final stages of recovery and on Monday, April 10, he was able to train with his teammates for the first time since the injury, as Demichelis had envisaged after the victory. over Huracan on Sunday 9.
In any case, the midfielder has not yet been released and it will be a few weeks before he returns. “We need him, we have a series of very exhausting matches coming up and he would lend us a hand when he gets better,” the DT said after meeting the Globe.
In this way, after missing the start of the local and international competition, Kranevitter was able to return in the last days of April and even be available for the Superclásico on May 7.
Source: Goal