The midfielder trained at La Masia and now player of the Japanese Vissel Kobe Andrés Iniesta will be out for the next four months. The reason is a rupture of the rectus femoris of his right leg, produced during the final phase of the Asian Champions League. The former Barça player underwent surgery by Dr. Ramon Cugat in the city of Barcelona, where he will be part of his recovery before returning to Japan. After many worried about a possible withdrawal of the footballer due to injury, Iniesta wanted to calm the waters with a hopeful message on his social networks: “The operation has been a success. My goal is to enjoy the which I like best “.
Albacete could not help his team in the defeat in the semifinals of the international tournament by 2 goals to 1 against Uslan Hyundai and will not be able to do so in the last Japanese league match this Saturday against FC Tokyo. In fact, Vissel Kobe, a regular in the privileged areas of the standings, ranks 12th, in the absence of the weekend game. Andrés Iniesta’s influence on his team has been total in this final stretch of the campaign, he has scored 6 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, and has played up to 2,500 minutes in 35 matches. This load of minutes may have been one of the triggers for his latest injury.
The final phase of the Asian Champions League has been played in Qatar on a very tight schedule, following the same format as the European Championship last August. The round of 16 was played on December 8, and only two days later the quarterfinals, on the 10th. In the first round the La Mancha already noticed discomfort, which forced him to be a substitute in the second, and where he finished break in the 7 minute overtime that was on the field of play. Vissel Kobe ended up qualifying for the semifinals in the penalty shootout (7-6), but losing Iniesta left them with a bittersweet taste.
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