Wendell subbed off early on crutches, may miss São Paulo’s season | OneFootball

Left-back Wendell is set to become São Paulo’s 11th injury-related reinforcement and may not play for the club again this season.

This is the initial assessment from the medical department, as learned by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, still in the locker room after the loss to Grêmio on Thursday night (16), in the Brazilian Championship.

Wendell left the field in the 12th minute of the first half, unable to put weight on his right foot. The preliminary diagnosis is plantar fasciitis, a painful condition that causes inflammation of the plantar fascia, a tissue that runs from the heel to the toes, and is the most common cause of heel pain.

Considered a chronic issue, plantar fasciitis requires conservative treatment and, above all, complete rest from physical activity.

Imaging tests and a more detailed evaluation of the full-back’s condition will be carried out this Friday (17), when the Tricolor squad returns to training at the Barra Funda training center. The player left Grêmio’s arena on crutches and wearing a walking boot.

Wendell only played because the regular starter in the position, Enzo Díaz, became a last-minute absentee in Wednesday’s (15) training session, when he complained of hip pain.

In addition to the Argentine full-back, Tricolor had nine other injury absences handed over to Reffis for tonight’s match: Calleri (left knee surgery), Ryan Francisco (left knee surgery), André Silva (posterior cruciate ligament injury and anterior cruciate ligament sprain in the right knee), Luan (right adductor injury), Rafael Toloi (injury to the back of the left thigh), Oscar (muscle injury in the left calf), Cédric Soares (fracture in a toe on the right foot), Leandro Mathias (left knee pain), and Dinenno (right knee pain).

Besides them, Crespo also could not count on Pablo Maia, suspended due to a third yellow card, and Bobadilla, who only returned to São Paulo this morning after representing Paraguay in two friendlies during the last FIFA window.

The Tricolor’s 12 total absences for the game against the team from Rio Grande do Sul is the highest number of players São Paulo has been without for a match this season. It tied the record from the win over Talleres on May 27, at Morumbi, in the Libertadores.

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