{"id":9039,"date":"2023-11-20T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/20\/spains-gavi-sidelined-for-several-months-with-torn-acl\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T22:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:51:16","slug":"spains-gavi-sidelined-for-several-months-with-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/20\/spains-gavi-sidelined-for-several-months-with-torn-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s Gavi sidelined for several months with torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona midfielder Gavi will be sidelined for several months as he requires surgery on a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), his La Liga club said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Spanish international left the field in tears on Sunday after twisting his knee during Spain\u2019s 3-1 win over Georgia. An MRI scan confirmed he had injured his right knee in addition to tearing his ACL.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/mbappe-300-career-goals-ronaldo-messi-comparison-psg-stats-henry\/article67554306.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Mbappe reaches 300 career goals faster than Messi and Ronaldo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Andalusian midfielder is a favourite amongst the fans. Gavi\u2019s spirit and determination on the field are what defines him as a player, and he gives absolutely everything in a Barca shirt. For that reason, his injury is a big blow for all Barca fans, and so here is a chance to send him a message of support,\u201d Barcelona said in an official statement.<\/p>\n<p>During last year\u2019s World Cup in Qatar, he became the youngest scorer at the tournament since Pele in 1958 after helping Spain to thrash Costa Rica 7-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a very difficult moment for Gavi, Barcelona, the national team and for me, it seems as if we have lost the game,\u201d Spain manager Luis de la Fuente told a press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the ugly part of football. I am very sorry. This is the most bitter victory I have ever experienced in my life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"comments-shares share-page\">\n<p class=\"comments\">\nComments\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 19-year-old left the field in tears on Sunday after twisting his knee during Spain\u2019s 3-1 win over Georgia. An MRI scan confirmed he had injured his right knee in addition to tearing his ACL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-sport-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}