Video: This was the exciting welcome from the FC Barcelona dressing room for Gavi, who was seriously injured in Spain

Exciting. This is how you can describe the reception Gavi received in the FC Barcelona dressing room, after the Spanish international midfielder was seriously injured in the match against Georgia last Sunday.

This Tuesday, two days after the injury sustained against Georgia, Gavi visited his teammates at Joan Gamper Sports City. Walking with crutches, the young Spanish footballer was first received by Xavi Hernández, his coach, and then one by one he greeted the members of the Barça coaching staff and his teammates, who supported and applauded him, giving him the strength to face to go. challenges with courage, months of recovery ahead.

Gavi’s injury

Gavi injured his knee about 22 minutes into the first half, after making a bad move with no fight for the ball and no Georgians around. Two minutes earlier, an opponent had hit him, an action that required Gavi to be treated outside the playing field for several seconds. When he returned, in the action immediately after re-entering the grass, he was injured and this time he could not continue. According to De la Fuente, who said the dressing room resembled a “funeral” and that the midfielder was “desolate”, the first action had nothing to do with the second.

The tests carried out on Monday, November 20, as reported by Barcelona, ​​​​showed that Gavi “has a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and an injury related to the external meniscus. In the coming days he will doing.” undergo surgical treatment. At the end of the intervention, a new medical report will be provided.” In this sense, Gavi will miss the rest of the season, including the European Championships and the Olympic Games next year.