By Edgardo Avelar
When everything seemed to be honey on flakes with the debut of Greek striker Giorgos Giakoumakis in the new Cruz Azul design for the Apertura 2024 tournament, suddenly at minute 68 of the duel where the Celeste Machine beat América de Cali of Colombia 1-0, they received the worst news with the injury that forced the European striker to leave the field of play, causing alarm in the cement organization.
Still without knowing the severity of the injury that forced the departure of Giorgios Giakoumakis, Everything suggests that it was a sprained ankle that forced the Greek star to leave the cement team and that he must wait for the results of the medical tests to begin his rehabilitationbut in the end it all ended up as a sprained ankle.
Giakoumakis stepped on the ball wrong and immediately fell to the grass so that the Cruz Azul medical assistants could be rushed onto the field. to try to help the cement reinforcement who had his first official contact with what will be his new team and that sought against América de Cali from Colombia to have a demanding test ahead of the start of the Apertura 2024 tournament.
Without a doubt, Cruz Azul is not cured of fear and after the fracture suffered by the Uruguayan Gabriel “Toro” Fernandez in the last tournament, Now seeing that his European star fell on the field of play, he foresaw the worst, but in the end things did not go any further. and it was a sprained ankle that will not prevent him from making his debut in the League tournament next Saturday, July 6 against Mazatlán at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium.
In his debut, the Greek striker asked to be substituted, with gestures somewhat annoyed by the inconvenience of not taking more rhythm due to an involuntary play a few days before the start of the championship and where Giorgios wanted to start getting to grips with the Machine’s tactical scheme.
The one who took his place is Bryan Gamboa, and it was at minute 68, when the change was made by the coaching staff in the duel where the Machine They beat the Colombians with a goal from Brian Gutiérrez in a match where there were some absences such as Gonzalo Piovi, Ángel Sepúlveda, among other players.
Cruz Azul took the field with Kevin Mier in goal, Camilo Cándido, Willer Ditta, Carlos Salcedo, Erik Lira and Rodrigo Huescas in defense., the midfielders were Ignacio Rivero, Andrés Montaño, Amaury García and Alexis Gutiérrez and the Greek Giorgios Giakoumakis was at the top.
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