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Atlante veteran with serious fracture of tibia and fibula

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By Edgardo Avelar

Sep 14, 2024, 02:37 AM EDT

The great veteran of the Atlantean Christian “Hobbit” Bermúdez is on the verge of retirement after suffering a serious injury with a fracture of the tibia and fibula, the result of a violent and reckless tackle by Luis Ruiz, a player of the Dorados of Sinaloa.

Atlante ended up beating the Sinaloa team 2-0, But the match was embroiled in controversy due to this serious tackle that was on the verge of leading to a brawl of incalculable dimensions when the Potros players considered that the Dorados team member did it on purpose and with the intention of injuring his teammate in the match of the 8th date of the Liga Expansión MX tournament.

The action took place almost at the end of the first half, When Bermúdez was driving the ball down the left side of midfield, Luis Ruiz let himself come in a very strong tackle and due to the wet grass his action gained greater speed, hitting the leg of the Atlante player, making the action dramatic, since it was immediately seen that the lower part of the player’s leg had broken.

The person who caused the injury did not even know what he had done. with his reckless entry, since when he got up after the play, leaving the Atlante player lying on the field, he caused the Atlante players to attack him and a fight broke out.

The members of the Barça team were enraged when they considered that this type of action is not done to a fellow professional, no matter how much intensity there is on the field of play, in something that seemed deliberate. against the most emblematic player of the Potros del Atlante team.

Christian Bermúdez had to be removed from the field of play on his way to the hospital and according to preliminary reports handled by the blue and red team, it is established that this action resulted in a fracture of the tibia and fibula that puts the career of the aforementioned Potros player at risk.

It’s been a long time since there was a type of entry of this kind. and so harmful, beyond what is known about the risks that exist on the playing field with high-performance soccer players.

Mexico City, September 13, 2024. , during the match corresponding to day 8 of the Apertura 2024 tournament of the Liga BBVA MX Expansión MX, between the Potros de Hierro del Atlante and the Dorados de Culiacán, held at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium. Photo: Imago7 / Alexis Chávez
The exact moment when Christian “Hobbit” Bermúdez is taken off the field with a fractured tibia and fibula, the result of a serious tackle by a Dorados de Sinaloa player.
Credit: Alexis Chavez | Imago7

While Luis Ernesto Ruiz, the cause of the fractureis a young man born in Hermosillo, Sonora and with just one year of experience in professional football, emerging from the Xolos de Tijuana squad.

We will have to wait to see what the final result of the end is regarding the punishment that this player may receive, taking into account the diagnosis of the damage caused to the Atlante veteran.

At the end of the game, the Atlante club issued an official statement informing that the player Christian Bermúdez was immediately transferred to the hospital and after the medical evaluation, He was diagnosed with a fracture of the tibia and fibula. of the right leg and will undergo a surgical procedure, although there is no estimated recovery time yet.

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