The scorer of the 'Shark' box felt suffered the injury in the Achilles tendon during warming prior to the match against Independiente Medellín in Barranquilla.
Photo: EFE – Ricardo Maldonado Rozo
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Junior de Barranquilla crosses one of its most difficult moments so far this year. To the disappointing campaign in the semifinal home runs – with just one point in three presentations – a new streak of bad news is added: two key players of the team, Carlos Bacca and Déiber Caicedo, were out of competition for serious injuries.
Both players suffered breaks in the Achilles tendon during the weekend. Bacca, referent of the team, was injured during warming prior to the match against Independiente Medellín. Caicedo, meanwhile, felt the puncture after entering the field in that same meeting. The medical evaluations confirmed the worst: the striker presents the injury to the right leg and the end on the left.
The club reported that both have already started the recovery process, according to the herlado, they were both operated successfully and will have a rest time between eight and ten months, according to the individual evolution of each. This automatically leaves them not only from the rest of the semester, but, with almost total security, next to the next.
Bacca's case is especially sensitive. His contract ends on June 30 and, although the injury forces to extend his link while recovering, everything indicates that his cycle in Junior approaches its end unexpectedly. Caicedo, on the other hand, has a longer contract for longer, although its performance at this stage has been far from the expectations generated by its return.
These two casualties are added to the departure of Santiago Mele, who was transferred to the Monterrey of Mexico and will be incorporated immediately to dispute the Club World Cup. Thus, César Farías loses three relevant pieces in full closure of a campaign that already seemed uphill.
With the team sunk at the bottom of group A and with few real options to advance, the panorama for Junior forces a deep restructuring for the second semester. The directive must move quickly to reinforce a template that, between injuries and exits, has been unbalanced.
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