Giorgios Giakoumakis will be out of Cruz Azul vs. Cougars

If Cruz Azul does not want to lose the Greek striker for the rest of the season Giorgios Giakoumakis He should not be put to play this Saturday against the UNAM Pumas and against Santos Laguna on matchday 15, after he suffered from his muscle injury in the last game vs. FC Juarez.

OK to reports from sources close to the celestial organization they told The Opinion, that the situation is not as serious as it is thought with the Greek striker who is one of the two top scorers for Cruz Azul in the Apertura 2024 tournament, but that to take precautions it is almost a fact that Giorgios will have to do differentiated work in the next 15 days.

The medical report indicated that Giakoumakis had slight pain in the muscular region from the back of his right leg that has not left him alone all season when he made a spike in the minute 22 of the match against FC Juárez where he tried to win the ball from goalkeeper Benny Díaz and had to dive to avoid colliding with the goalkeeper.

Just at that moment he felt the discomfort forcing coach Martín Anselmi to send Ángel Sepúlveda onto the field so that he would end up being the star of the match with two goals.

The greatest risk

The truth is that if the matter is not serious with Giakoumakis, making him play against Pumas would put him at risk. that the pull becomes a tear and miss around 60 days, which would practically leave them out of the league in what would be a considerable loss for the celestial team in the key part of the tournament.

For that reason in Cruz Azul takes the Greek’s situation calmly and even more so now that they have recovered the Uruguayan Gabriel “Toro” Fernández, with which the celestial attack would not be as unprotected as in the last tournament that depended only on Sepúlveda and rookies like Mateo Levy, with the team’s lack of offensive power being notable. in the final against América.

Greek numbers

Giorgios Giakoumakis has totaled 568 minutes so far in 11 games played and of which in six he has played as a starter, with six goals so far that have placed him as one of the two best scorers of the cement team and second leader in goals behind the Portuguese Joao Paulo Dias of Toluca.

Obviously the European gunner is a key piece in the cement scheme and without a doubt the coaching staff of the Celeste Machine prefers to have him fully in the finals than to risk him in the remaining games in this tournament.

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