Vangioni was lying on the floor, made a gesture as if something was cut and left in the middle of the recognition of the River fans. He would have a tendon injury.
Lionel Vangioni returned to play at the Monumental stadium in Newell’s visit to River for date 13 of the Professional League and the return was far from being what the defender expected, because He came out with an injury at the end of the first half that seems serious.
Vangioni was left lying in the middle of the dispute for the ball and, quickly, he asked that the Newell’s doctors enter to attend to him. The most worrying image was a clear gesture of feeling that he had cut something. The injury would be the rupture of the tendon of the right legAlthough there is no official confirmation yet.
The moment of Vangioni’s injury in the match between Newell’s and River at the Monumental River vs. Newell’s, for the 2022 Professional League: Leonel Vangioni’s injury
The ovation of the River fans when Vangioni left the field
Vangioni had to be removed from the field of play in the cart and in the middle of his exit received the love of River fans who attended the Monumental.
River vs. Newell’s, for the 2022 Professional League: Leonel Vangioni is injured and River fans applaud him
The return of Vangioni to the Monumental stadium
Piri, who arrived at the Millionaire at the end of 2012 and became a key player for both Ramón Díaz first and Marcelo Gallardo later, played again tonight at the River stadium.
The last time he defended the red band in Núñez was on May 14, 2016, in the 1-0 victory over Gimnasia, which also meant the dismissal of Marcelo Barovero. Although he won six titles -among them the 2015 Copa Libertadores against Tigres, who suffered a surgical center for Lucas Alario’s head-, and left a great memory in the River Plate world, the left-handed striker did not go in the best way River.
Vengeance decided not to renew the contract that Rodolfo D’Onofrio’s management had proposed and made the leap to Europe, more precisely to Milan from Italy, although it failed to have the desired prominence. A calendar later he crossed the Atlantic again to join Monterrey from Mexico, where he exploited his conditions again and raised a couple of drinks.
In 2020 moved away from the Rayados to join Olimpia of Paraguaysu last destination before returning to Newell’s. This Saturday, the native of Villa Constitución returned to the Monumental to meet again with River and his return ended with a serious injury.
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