“I missed out on the World Cup”: agent reveals chat with Arrascaeta | OneFootball

Arrascaeta suffered a grade two calf injury after breaking his collarbone while playing for Flamengo

Arrascaeta suffered two blows in a row over the last two months. That is because, after breaking his collarbone in a Flamengo match, the player then picked up a calf injury. As a result, the star’s agent feared that the combination of those factors would keep the Uruguayan out of the World Cup.

– Then this blow suddenly comes (a grade two calf injury). He calls me in the morning and also writes to me saying: ‘My friend, I’m out of the World Cup’ -, Daniel Fonseca told El Espectador Deportes, and added:

– I said: ‘What are you talking about?’. I thought he had broken his collarbone again. But that wasn’t it. It was a muscle tear in the calf, and those are injuries we know are difficult to recover from -, the agent said.

But was Arrascaeta left out of the World Cup?

Despite the injury, the Uruguay national team decided to keep the player in the World Cup squad. The idea, then, is to have the midfielder available during the tournament, which will feature eight matches for the finalists.

And will there be enough time for him to recover during the tournament?

– But, thank God, he is still there and we’re going all in. We are confident. He has the ability to recover quickly, because he is an athlete who recovers fast from the few injuries he has had -, Fonseca pointed out.

When does Uruguay make its World Cup debut?

La Celeste face Saudi Arabia on the 15th of this month, starting at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), in the teams’ World Cup opener. However, Arrascaeta is expected to miss the match, which will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, USA.

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