At the end of the match that Manchester United drew 0-0 at home against Southampton, the Spanish-Argentine winger Alejandro Garnacho suffered a blow from Kyle Walker-Peters, and had to retire with clear signs of pain in his right leg. This caused concern in the coaching staff of the Argentine team and especially in coach Lionel Scaloni, who called him up for the two games at the end of the month with the Albiceleste.
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At 80 minutes into the match played this Sunday at Old Trafford, the 18-year-old winger overflowed on the left and the rival defender reached the ball first, but ended up hitting Garnacho. He hooked it on the right leg and scissored the United player who made a lot of sense on the right ankle.
Then Walker-Peters approached, apologized and asked the United doctors how Alejandro was doing and his compatriot Lisandro Martínez was the first of his teammates to approach and who spoke to him to encourage him while Garnacho took his face. It should be noted that he does not usually show pain every time he receives a foul and that is why this episode promotes concern.
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After two minutes, Alejandro was replaced by Fred, amid applause from the local public who lamented the departure of the footballer who has one of the greatest international projections. This season Garnacho comes with a great performance being unbalancing due to his change of pace, speed and excellent punch. In the present exercise he has added 31 games, 5 goals and 6 assists.
The judge of the match decided not to penalize a penalty because the defender reached the closure first and deflected the ball despite the impact he gave his opponent.
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It will be necessary to see if it was just a blow or if it is an injury that Garnacho suffered, whose outlook caused great concern in Scaloni since he had summoned the player for the matches against Panama on March 23 at the Monumental Stadium of River Plate and against Curaçao, five days later at the Madre de Ciudades Stadium in Santiago del Estero.
Garnacho had already summoned for the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers and was part of the preliminary list for the ecumenical contest, but later he was not included among the final 26. However, Scaloni and his coaching staff renewed their confidence in him to be able to have him in this new stage in which Argentina will defend its title in the Copa América in the tournament that will be held next year in the United States. In addition, the classification for the upcoming World Cup in that North American country and its borders, Canada and Mexico. The young man from United is one of the figures of the future and that is why the National Team wants to give him continuity.
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