Facundo Farias Injured by Ugly Tackle: Concern for Inter Miami

The kick that took Facundo Farias off the field

It was a match intended to celebrate the reunion on the court of one of the most prestigious duos in history, but it ended up being a presentation of absolute concern for Gerardo Martino. Inter Miami’s friendly against the El Salvador team, which included the inclusion of Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez in the attack during the first 45 minutes, left one injured after an ugly tackle: the Argentine Facundo Farías went straight to the locker room in stretcher.

The former Colón de Santa Fe had jumped onto the field from the locker room at the start of the second half in one of the four changes that Tata made to take care of Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Suárez and Messi. But he barely remained on the court for almost 25 minutes, as he had to be taken directly to the dressing room for a tackle that left his right knee sore.

The entry was made by the captain of the local team, Darwin Cerén. They were 67 minutes into the game when the midfielder who plays for CD Águila in his country put pressure on the Argentine, who had his back turned. He pushed him and seemed to hit him on both legs, which ended up forcing the player who emerged from Sabalero, who left the field directly on a stretcher. Martino had no more changes and had to finish the game with ten representatives.

It is worth remembering that the Argentine attacker had suffered a partial rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament with moderate instability in the right knee in September 2022. That recovery took him eight months until his reappearance.

The striking thing is that that same footballer had already unleashed a kind of brawl minutes before when he had an out-of-context tackle on the Brazilian Gregore. It was at 61 minutes, when the 29-year-old footballer, with a past at Bahia in his country, dropped the ball and the 34-year-old midfielder took it with him, generating an immediate reaction: he kicked him from the ground. The judge chose to reprimand both.

Farías, 21 years old, arrived in the United States in the middle of last year and managed to play 13 official matches so far, in which he scored 3 goals between MLS and US Open Cup. He was also on the substitute bench in two games of the Leagues Cup that the Herons ended up winning, but he did not add minutes in that competition in the end.

According to reports at that time, the United States franchise would have paid more than $5 million for 80% of his token and gave him a contract until 2026, with the option to extend it for 2027 and 2028.

2024-01-20 03:02:00
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