Atletico Madrid lose key defender for the year due to knee injury

Atletico Madrid are set to be with out key central defender Robin Le Normand, after he suffered a knee damage towards Union St. Gilloise. It seems Le Normand is not going to be again in motion till 2026.

The Spain worldwide went down halfway by the primary half on Tuesday evening throughout Atletico’s 3-1 win on the Metropolitano. He was changed by Jose Maria Gimenez after 25 minutes. Regardless of Diego Simeone telling MD after the match that he seemed good, it seems he can be out for a while.

Le Normand unlikely to return in 2025

Atletico confirmed the damage on Wednesday afternoon, noting that neither his meniscus nor his ligaments have been impacted. Diario AS say that Le Normand can be out of motion for six to eight weeks. Allowing for that Atletico’s closing sport will happen on the twentieth or twenty first of December, it possible means he is not going to return earlier than 2026.

That may hold him out for a complete of 9 video games, most importantly towards Inter on the twenty sixth of November, a visit to face Barcelona on the 2nd of December, and a date at San Mames 4 days later with Athletic Membership. Levante (H), Getafe (A), Actual Oviedo (H), PSV Eindhoven (A), Valencia (H) and Girona (A) symbolize the opposite matches, with Clement Lenglet, Gimenez and David Hancko the primary choices to play in central defence.

‘It was tough’ – Simeone on scary finish to USG win

Le Normand was not on the pitch in stoppage time, when the ball fell to Louis Patris alone within the six-yard field, with the prospect to make it 2-2. Diego Simeone was requested about his staff’s ‘struggling’ for the victory towards the Belgian league leaders.

“We knew it was going to be a tough, complicated match. In Eindhoven, they have been up 3-0, towards Inter, they’d an important begin, and Inter couldn’t flip issues round till they’d a set piece. Immediately we handled that scenario, we improved as the sport went on, similar to towards Sevilla. Their defensive work made it tough for us to search out area, and their counter-attacks created hazard.”

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“The primary objective got here with an important attacking transition, with a tough contact that Julian completed off – that’s why he’s the striker he’s. Within the second half, we have been higher, nearer to the sport we wished to play. They have been dropping deeper, and we managed the sport extra. Then got here the second objective, and that objective they scored towards us, from a free kick that we might have prevented. We entered that harmful interval the place it might have been 2-2, and fortunately it ended up being 3-1.”