Leverkusen Defender Piero Hincapie Faces Extended Sideline with Metatarsal Fracture

Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie has been sidelined longer than originally hoped because of an injury sustained while on international duty for Ecuador. The 21-year-old was operated on in Cologne for a metatarsal fracture and will be out for up to twelve weeks.

Can’t shoot a ball that quickly: Piero Hincapie. AFP via Getty Images

Piero Hincapie has it worse than the diagnosis communicated by the Ecuadorian FA suggested. He had spoken of a partial fracture of the fifth metatarsal, the player himself of a “small tear”.

But the bone had obviously been more severely affected over the weekend in the accident, which had happened without any interference from the opponent. Bayer 04 announced on Thursday evening that Hincapie will be examined by Dr. Andre Morawe had been operated on for a metatarsal fracture. According to the club, Hincapie’s predicted downtime is “ten to twelve weeks”.

Is Hincapie missing the first seven games?

Accordingly, the left-footed player, who can defend both on the flanks and centrally, would only be available to Werkself coach Xabi Alonso at the beginning of October when he needs the full twelve weeks to recover. The mentality player threatens to miss the first seven games of the new Bundesliga season.

Even if Hincapie should have taken a break on the first two days of the game due to a red suspension, the failure hit the Europa League participant harder than expected. The club originally hoped that the defender could be available again at the beginning of September.

Andrich should join in the course of the preparation

Alongside Robert Andrich, Hincapie is the second Bayer player to be sidelined following surgery to break a metatarsal that was not caused by someone else. The midfielder is expected to return to team training during preparation. Hincapie, on the other hand, has to wait longer than initially thought for his comeback.

2023-06-22 20:38:24
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