Vitor Roque was injured in Ath. Paranaense-Internacional and the future Barça player will only know the extent of the injury this Friday
‘Tigrinho’ will not go to any health center this morning and will wait for the imaging tests on his right leg that will be carried out throughout the day on Friday.
The suspense over the extent of Vitor Roque’s injury to his right leg extends until this Friday. The center forward that Barça has signed was hunted by the Colombian center back Nico Hernández, in the 9th minute of the Ath match. Paranaense-Internacional (2-1), corresponding to the 24th day of the Brasileirao.
‘Tigrinho’ had to leave on a stretcher and did not return to the field of play. His partner Pablo replaced him. The young striker, 18 years old, received first aid from the physiotherapists and the ‘Furacao’ medical staff on the same playing field of the Arena da Baixada due to widespread concern about his ‘torsion’.
On the bench, ice was already applied to both the ankle region and the tibia and fibula region. The scare, which was enormous, lasted for many minutes.
‘Tigrinho’, who could not put his foot on the ground, had the help of some crutches to leave the field of play towards the locker room when half-time arrived. The ‘Furacao’ medical services ruled out doing any type of test in any medical center in Curitiba. For this reason, the future culer watched the second half of the match from the bench, with a much calmer countenance that conveyed confidence and security.
As SPORT has learned, the footballer will undergo imaging tests throughout the day this Friday And, it will be then when we will know exactly what he has: if everything has been a tremendous scare, if it is just a blow or there is some type of injury to the ankle and what nature it has.
The footballer’s entourage has conveyed to this newspaper a message of calm regarding what he experienced this morning., which is keeping all of Barcelona fans in suspense. It must be taken into account that ‘Tigrinho’ is expected to arrive at Barça next January. His signing, for 30 million euros plus variables, has generated great excitement among all the culer fans.
For its part, Wesley Carvalho, coach of Ath. Paranaense, explained in a press conference that “The medical department will evaluate the situation to know how much time Vitor will need to return, but it is still very early… but he has a blow on his ankle, it is, in principle, just a sprain”.