Injury update on Gavi
www.fcbarcelona.com
The player has a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and an associated injury to the lateral meniscus
  • JoleeBindbro@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This really throws a spanner in his career in the age frame where he should be developing the most.

    Seriously unlucky.

  • malushanks95@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Makes me really sad seeing young developing players get big injuries, felt the same when Fati got injured too. Get well soon Gavi.

  • fcbxjdb@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m genuinely devastated. One of the worst possible knee injuries you can get and at 19. Any teenage player that suffered a Meniscus + ACL injury who bounced back? :(

  • perhapsasinner@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As if ACL injury isn’t enough, there is lateral meniscus injury as well which makes it much worse. Speedy recovery for Gavi, always like the kid, such a joy to watch.

    • Euperod@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      ACL tears usually comes with a meniscus tear aswell. Though a meniscus tear Isnt has bad as the tearing of the ACL. Post acl tear and rehabilitation you Usually you dont have to intervene with operation on the meniscus, in majority of cases youll be fine with rehab. The Acl is the most crucial to reconstruct.

  • Pow67@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    People will put all the blame towards the Spanish coach, but Barca have continuously played this 19 year old kid for a long while now.

    Surely at that age minutes should be managed more sensibly instead of relentless playing time?

    • simomii@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We don’t even know whether the injury is due to him being overplayed or not, I’m not sure why that’s the consensus on this sub right now

      • thesublimeinvasion@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s true that we cannot know that for sure. Traditionally it was believed ACL injuries was usually a result of a one off situation/accident, but in later years there have been studies that suggest that overplaying (cumulative stress) can result in a tear/rupture in lower load situations. Gavis injury does visually appear to happen in a situation you wouldn’t expect the ACL to fail so easiliy.

    • Martoxic@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Barca have games that are important and they do rest him.

      De La Fuente literally use him even in games that don’t mean shit while resting everyone else.

      • jeevesyboi@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So far this season he played every game that he was not suspended for with Barca

        Last season he got played in all but 1 game that he was not suspended for. Including Copa Del Rey/ Supercopa/ CL

        Season before that he was played in every CL and Europa league game that he was not suspended for. He wasn’t picked for the first two league games of the season but played every single game afterwards including Copa Del Rey and SuperCopa where he wasn’t suspended and 2 where he was positive for Covid

        • Martoxic@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          so far this season De Jong and Pedri has been injured for most it.

          Last season Xavi played with 4 midfielders.

          That is the point. Barca had games that were important. This was just a useless international game that had no point as they were already qualified yet De La Fuente played Gavi while resting everyone else and it ended with Gavi out for over 6 months.

          • sheffield199@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            It wasn’t a useless game, Spain weren’t yet guaranteed Pot 1 for the Euro 2024 groups.

            Barcelona fucked up their squad management and haven’t rested Gavi at all this year, if the injury is from overplaying then that’s where the majority of the blame lies.

    • honvales1989@alien.top
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      1 year ago

      The problem is that Barça has a very thin squad and it didn’t help that Pedri and De Jong have been injured at several points of the season

      • sheffield199@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah because they give a few players huge wage packets, and so can’t afford the squad depth players. It’s utter mismanagement from the people in charge of transfers.

      • Caesar_Aurelianus@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Our B team midfielders aren’t that great bar a couple.

        The main talent is in U-16s.

        So we would have to play literal 15 year olds

    • ansu_fatismo23@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We can’t do much because we have a injury crises at the club. Spain has fantastic midfield depth and they don’t need to play gavi every game

    • d4videnk0@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Seems the norm in current football, Barça is pushing literal teenagers to their limits and De La Fuente already pushed Pedri further to the point that he can’t stay in the field at the age of 21.

      RM has a similar issue with injuries but Camavinga is already 21 and the rest of their injured players are older. But in general, teams are being over reliant on teenagers and players in their very early 20s, what makes me guess if those players will be healthy in 10 years.