The 31-year-old footballer talked about the injury he suffered in the duel against Audax. El Colo sent a message of calm to both the coaching staff and the fans.
Colo Colo had just scored the second goal against Audax Italiano and immediately the alarms went off in Macul. Leonardo Gil fell with clear signs of muscle pain and asked for a change. The scare was present in Pedrero when he remembered the upcoming matches, two for the National Championship and one for the Copa Libertadores, against Monagas for the fourth date of Group F in Venezuela.
This morning, and after a key victory achieved by Gustavo Quinteros’s squad, Leonardo Gil underwent the rigorous tests to find out the injury and the recovery time. After this process, the midfielder from Colocolino spoke with the press, where he took the opportunity to send a message of calm to Quinteros and the fans of the Eternal Champion.
Leonardo Gil’s message of hope
El Colo, as he is nicknamed, began by clarifying that “I had a little pull, I calculate that I will be a week, 10 days out. I know it’s nothing serious, but I was loaded with the hamstring from the goalkeeper’s move when he kneed me. I feel like I had a little strain, but I’m lucky that I recover quickly”.
Gil did not stop there and explained how his injury occurred, which forced him to leave the pitch early. “When I had the shot with the goalkeeper my quadriceps began to load and then andn a control play when I pushed I felt my hamstring tighten“, said the person who opened the account yesterday at the Monumental Stadium.
Asked about the match against Monagas, which will be played in Venezuelan territory next Tuesday, May 23, the Argentine mentioned that “I’m going to get to that game well. My mentality is on it. I think I’m going to get there It’s a very important game, so I’m going to do everything possible to be available to the coach”.
So, It is expected that in the next few hours the definitive diagnosis of Leonardo Gil will come out and know the recovery times that the midfielder will have, who would be ruled out for the duel against Unión Española this Saturday.
