Alvaro Montoro breaks right collarbone, ruled out for the U20 World Cup | OneFootball

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·9 October 2025

Alvaro Montoro breaks right collarbone, ruled out for the U20 World Cup

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Despite qualifying for the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the Argentine U-20 team suffered bad news: Álvaro Montoro was injured after a hard collision during the 4-0 victory over Nigeria and the tests revealed that it is a fracture in the right clavicle.

Montoro tried to get up after a hard hit, but minutes later he collapsed and was immediately assisted by the doctors.


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Finally, he could not continue in the match and was replaced by Gianluca Prestianni at the end of the first half. Upon reaching the bench, he could not hold back the tears

Diego Placente, coach of the U-20 team, said in a press conference that the midfielder had heard a noise and his shoulder had dislocated.

Later, the tests confirmed the serious injury suffered by the footballer who emerged from Vélez, who will leave Santiago de Chile on Friday and the intention is that he will be operated on in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

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