Benfica on alert: Sudakov’s injury worse than first feared | OneFootball

More details have been revealed about Georgiy Sudakov's release from the Ukrainian national team after the match against France (a 4-0 victory for the French). The coach Serhiy Rebrov revealed that the Benfica player's injury is actually a "very serious problem" and more severe than previously thought.

"Yes, unfortunately Sudakov is out and has already gone to Lisbon to be treated at Benfica. I didn't know he was physically limited on the day of the match until halftime, when he said he wouldn't be able to help after feeling something during the warm-up," Rebrov revealed, in statements reproduced by the Ukrainian portal "Tribuna".

The coach says the player was already injured when he arrived at the national team camp: "We did tests on Saturday morning and it turned out to be a very serious injury. It's an injury that, unfortunately, was sustained at Benfica. Here with us, he didn't even do a single training session," he commented.

According to Benfica, the playmaker suffered a "muscular overload of the left hip." The Club of Light did not provide any estimate for the player's downtime. Signed at the end of the last transfer window from Shakhtar Donetsk, Sudakov has scored three goals in 14 matches for the club.

Thus, the number 10 becomes yet another headache for Benfica. After the end of the international break, the Club of Light returns to competition on November 21, with a visit to Atlético for the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, and the Ukrainian will be in doubt.

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