After the diagnosis of the problem in his knee is confirmed, the youngster will undergo surgery and begin the long rehabilitation process.
Boca fell 4-3 to Belgrano for the eighth round of the Professional League Cup, adding their fifth defeat in the last seven matches in the local competition. But the worst news with which Xeneize returned from Córdoba was not the result, but the new injury of Exequiel Zeballos.
El Changuito entered nine minutes into the second half to try to stage a comeback, but he barely lasted on the pitch: after a ball conflict on the right flank, he was left lying on the grass and tearfully asked to leave. To the 18′, Lucas Jansontomor his place.
Upon returning to Buenos Aires, the youngster underwent examinations to determine the extent of the problem and the diagnosis was the most feared.
WHAT INJURY DOES EXEQUIEL ZEBALLOS HAVE AND HOW LONG WILL HE BE SIDE?
As confirmed by the MRI performed on Wednesday morning, October 11, Changuito suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and external meniscus of his right knee. After being sure of the extent of the injury and waiting a few weeks for the area to clear, Zeballos will undergo surgery next Monday, October 23, and begin the long recovery, which will take between six and eight months.
In this way, the boy not only misses the Copa Libertadores final against Fluminense and the entire final part of the 2023 season, but he also cannot do the summer pre-season and can only hope to return in April next year. .
For the 21-year-old Zeballos, it will be the third time under the knife in just over a year: in August 2022, he suffered a fractured tibia during a match against Agropecuario for the Argentine Cup, which kept him out of action for almost four times. months in the courts, and in February this year he had undergone surgery for a problem in the external meniscus of his right knee, which had left him without activity for another three months.
THE GAME WHERE EXEQUIEL ZEBALLOS WAS WOUNDED
Source: Goal