The national team break is leaving many victims in their wake. Raphinha It is the clearest case, but after the Brazilian cases continue to add. Many of them, coincidentally, they fully affect a team: Arsenal.
The set Gunner, fully immersed in the fight for the triplet During this final stretch of the season, He is suffering numerous injuries in his squad. A good part of them, in fact, They have a direct impact on the starting eleven by Mikel Arteta. And it is that, During this international break, the London team accumulates up to 11 absences due to injury.
Martín Zubimendikey in the scheme of the San Sebastian coach, has been the last to join this long list of injured. The midfielder He left the concentration with the Spanish team last Sunday due to some discomfort in his right knee. After playing just 13 minutes in the first friendly against Serbia, Zubimendi returned to London and will not play for Spain – Egypt next Tuesday.
However, Zubimendi has become the tip of an iceberg that was already coming growing in the last hours, even before this national team break began. Gabriel (Brazil), A cross (France), Eze (England, Odegaard (Norway), Timber (Netherlands) and Trossard (Belgium) stayed home due to injuries carried out previously or suffered after the last Arsenal – Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final.
Of the footballers who did finally travel with their national teams, Hincapié had to abandon the concentration with Ecuador after suffering a blow in the friendly against Morocco and Madueke had to retire injured against Uruguay. More striking was the abandonment of the concentration of the English team of his compatriots Bukayo Saka or Declan Ricewho They didn’t even dress short against the charrúas.
The fact that all These casualties have occurred at a key moment of the season, where Arsenal is the leader in the Premier League and is in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup and Champions Leagueha alarms set off in England regarding Arsenal’s dubious management with his players in this last international break before the start of the next World Cup.
Tuchel gives explanations
The England coach Thomas Tuchel, gave explanations for the absences of some of his players during the concentration: “I have nothing more to add, I am not a doctor. We did an evaluation after the game (against Uruguay)none of them were in a position to stay and add minutesso we gave them free rein.”
The German emphasized the Saka and Rice casualtieswho did not play in the first game: “They really wanted to play to clarify things, but there was no point in taking that risk.. If it had been the last game of the season, we would have kept them, but at this point in the season it didn’t make sense. “The risk of doing so was too great.”
