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Valencia lose Paulista due to a fracture in a part of two lumbar vertebrae

Wednesday, 23 December 2020 – 18:46

He was injured in a jump with Ocampos and has been out for at least a month. It is not the first time that you have this ailment. In 2018 he already suffered another break during the preseason

Paulista, treated by Valencia doctors before his replacement.
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He tried the field up to three times, but had to retire in the 17th minute of a game against Sevilla that Valencia ended up losing. Gabriel Paulista He knew the importance of adding the three points, so he tried to overcome the pain caused by the fall after a jump with Ocampos in the opening bars of the game. But his back wouldn’t allow it.

The Brazilian Hispanic has been subjected to tests that indicate that he suffers a “transverse process fracture of various lumbar vertebrae “, collects the medical report issued by Valencia, where there is no mention of the recovery period and only details that the central will follow” a conservative treatment and will go back to the team when there is clinical improvement “.

The transverse process is a protrusion of the vertebra in the form of lateral wings that can be broken by a strong blow to the back or a fall and causing intense pain. The estimated recovery depends on the evolution of the patient, but in the case of Paulista, it will not be less than a month, which will make him miss the Granada match and those at the beginning of the year against Cdiz, Yeclano in Copa, Valladolid, Osasuna and Atltico.

It is not the first time that Paulista has suffered an injury in this area. In July 2018 the L2 transverse process fractured in a blow in a preseason friendly against Galatasaray in Switzerland. It took him less than four weeks to recover, but now there are several fractures, which can lengthen the time frame.

This is an important loss for Javi Gracia, who loses the center-back who brings the most confidence in defense. In addition, his absence coincides with that of Hugo Guillaman, who is not recovered, which leaves Mangala, Diakhaby and the young man Guillem Molina as the only alternatives for the duel against Granada next Wednesday in Los Crmenes.


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