The Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho, from Barcelona from Spain, America’s Cup for a meniscus problem in his left knee that took him to the operating room three times, the doctor said Brazil.
“I can anticipate that we will not have time to recover for the Copa América,” which will take place between June and July in Colombia and Argentine, according to the statements of doctor Verdeamarela, Rodrigo Lasmar, published by the portal Globe Sports early Tuesday morning.
What the specialist said also means that the 28-year-old footballer will lose the rest of the season with the culé team, which is fighting for King’s Cup and Spanish League.
Off the field since December 29, when he was injured in a league match against him Eibar, Coutinho was operated on Monday in Belo Horizonte “A meniscal cyst in his left knee”, in an intervention by Lasmar and under the supervision of Barça specialists, the Catalan team informed on Monday.
“He had two operations in Barcelona, but needed a new procedure to correct the lesions. He had an arthroscopy to treat a lesion of the lateral meniscus and also the removal of a cyst in the knee,” explained Lasmar .
“His return to sports will depend on his progress in treatment. As it is the third surgery, we need to be more careful and we will not make predictions,” he added.
Brazil provides a very busy half of the year, with a double meeting for South American equality Qatar World Cup-2022 at the beginning of June, in which they will face Ecuador and Paraguay, and the defense of the championship in America’s Cup.
The “selection” makes up group B with the host Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru. The games in that area will be played on coffee grounds.
Group A consists of Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile. Australia and Qatar they canceled their participation as guest countries.
The South American tournament was scheduled to take place last year, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.