The match in the round of 16 of the main club tournament in South America between Argentinos Juniors and Brazilian Fluminense will be remembered by fans not for the goals and dangerous moments; in this regard, the game turned out to be quite average. . In the stands, this time too everything was quite calm. So this match could well have gone dry in the stats section literally in a day, were it not for the incident that occurred in the second half.
Former Real Madrid captain Marcelo, who now plays for Fluminense, sharply “hit” the foot of the opposing player Luciano Sánchez. In general, the Brazilian is known as a rather tough player: in the matches of the Spanish Championship, opponents were sometimes very afraid to engage in single combat with him. But this time, Marcelo immediately realized what had happened and was horrified by what he had done. Sanchez’s knee at that moment presented a terrible sight: he literally twisted to the side. In most leagues around the world, these episodes are considered shocking content and are not recommended for close-ups. Immediate removal after that clearly didn’t seem like enough and may have made one regret that the judges didn’t have cards of a different color, which meant automatic disqualification for several months.
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As a result, Marcelo left the field in tears; he clearly did not expect such consequences. And after the end of the game through social networks, he turned to the victim.
“It was a difficult moment for me. I got into wrestling and accidentally injured a colleague. Trust me, I didn’t mean that. Luciano, get well soon and apologize for what happened, ”she wrote.
Sánchez was immediately transferred to a medical center. According to the results of a preliminary examination, he will have to spend about a year out of football. There is still no talk of finishing a race: the answer on the final terms of the recovery will be received after more in-depth studies that Sánchez will have to go through in the near future.
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Marcelo’s fate will now be decided by the CONMEBOL disciplinary bodies. Repentance and assurances of the absence of malicious intent will certainly play in his favor in the process, but the degree of grossness of the violation will not diminish at all from this. They can remember Marcelo and previous “exploits” of a similar nature during performances in Europe. So if the Real Madrid star of the recent past doesn’t play again in this edition of the Copa Libertadores, this shouldn’t come as a big surprise.
