Costantini and Blum suffer serious injuries in the Reserve Superclásico | OneFootball

The Brazilian midfielder, a regular substitute in River’s First Team, suffered a serious injury in the Reserve superclásico and will need surgery. The same goes for Boca’s young left back. Both will face at least seven months of recovery.

Beyond the draw between River and Boca and Alex Woiski’s debut goal for the Millonario, the Reserve Superclásico brought very bad news for both sides: Giorgio Costantini and Lautaro Blum left the field injured, and medical tests confirmed that both youngsters suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in their left knee. They will have to undergo surgery and a long rehabilitation period of between seven and eight months.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, the Brazilian central midfielder from River was replaced by Fernando Juárez and left the field in visible pain and struggling to move. The initial diagnosis was a sprain, but after a more thorough examination, it was determined that he had suffered a serious injury and would need surgical intervention.

The 19-year-old from Curitiba was one of the options Marcelo Gallardo was considering for the midfield, although he had lost ground with the arrival of Juan Carlos Portillo. However, now he will have to start from scratch, as he will need surgery to repair the ligament and then face about seven or eight months of recovery.

Against Lanús, when an alternative River side was holding onto a narrow victory at La Fortaleza, he came on to play the final minutes before Granate’s equalizer. That was his third and last appearance in the First Division, in addition to several appearances on the substitutes’ bench.

Meanwhile, in Blum’s case, the left back returned to Boca’s Reserve starting lineup yesterday after a year of inactivity due to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, and now he has suffered the same injury again.

The left-sided wingback hadn’t played since September 25 of last year. After a tussle with a River player, in the 40th minute of the second half, Blum fell and the scene looked anything but encouraging. He tried to walk off but couldn’t and was taken off on a stretcher.

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