Giorgos Giakoumakis misses debut with Cruz Azul due to injury in the first round of Liga MX

Although in the Cruz Azul camp it was expected that the forward’s ankle injury Greek Giorgos Giakoumakis It may not have been as serious as it seemed at first, but after the tests that were performed on him, the bad news came out: it was a sprain in his left ankle that will prevent him from making his debut this Saturday against Cañoneros de Mazatlán. on date 1 of the Apertura 2024 tournament.

Giakoumakis stepped on a ball in last weekend’s match against América de Cali which made him ask to be substituted immediately, leaving the field at the Estadio Azul with a look of pain on his face, but since he walked out on his own two feet, it was thought that it was just a sprain.

Finally, he suffered a sprain that will require at least six more days of treatment. which will obviously prevent him from being taken into account by coach Martín Anselmi in the starting eleven of the Celestes against the Cañoneros squad.

The Greek striker gave clues about his injury from the moment he left the pitch, indicating that he had completely twisted his ankle, but that it was nothing serious. However, the MRI, As we said above, he suffered a sprain that will require more time inactivity to be able to appear in the starting lineup for the Cruz Azul team.

For that reason, Anselmi had to change his lineup because the European reinforcement of the cement workers will have to leave their official debut in the Liga MX for the second date and for that reason he will have to use Ángel Sepúlveda. and Mateo Levi, to try to put together the cement attack, taking into account that the Uruguayan Gabriel “Toro” Fernández is not yet ready to be taken into account.

On the other hand, the Machine will already have in its ranks the Argentines Carlos Rotondi and Lorenzo Faravelli, to draw up the starting eleven against Mazatlán, where the other light blue reinforcement could also appear, André Montaño and even the national team players, Carlos Rodríguez and Uriel Antuna, who participated in the 2024 Copa América.

The Sky Blues have high hopes that Giakoumakis will live up to the high expectations that his work at Atlanta United has brought. This drew the attention of the Cruz Azul board and coaching staff to pay his high price, which ranged between 10 and 12 million dollars (between $180 and $215 million pesos).

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