Soccer player Alexia Putellas, current Ballon d’Or, was seriously injured this Tuesday during training with the Spanish team, after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, and is out of Euro2022.
The tests carried out today, July 5, 2022, on the Spanish international, at the King Edwards VII hospital in London, confirm that the captain of the Spanish women’s team suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left soccer knee, in a prayer.
Spain is in England to participate in the Euro 2022 finalbeing integrated into Group B, together with Germany, Denmark and Finland, against which they will debut in the competition, next Friday, in Milton Keynes, a city 70 kilometers from London.
Alexia Putellas’ injury represents a Hard setback for the Spanish teamwhich is one of the candidates for the title that begins on Wednesday and ends on July 31, with the participation of 16 teams, including the host, England, and the Portuguese, reconquered at the last moment after the withdrawal of Russia. of the test due to the invasion of Ukraine.
It is the second time England have hosted the competition, after 2005 when they won Germany, but the current title holder is the Netherlands, who won the last final, in 2017, on home soil.
Source: Observadora
