Argentina’s midfield loses major player as Lo Celso to undergo surgery for World Cup

Heracles Athletics, November 9, foreign news. 2022 Qatar World Cup will be opened in 10 days, the national team list is undoubtedly the most attention, the championship favorites Argentina today came out of the bad news, midfielders Giovani Lo Celso due to serious leg injuries, almost impossible to play for the World Cup, the previous conservative treatment seems to be ineffective, Lo Celso will have surgery on Thursday this week. . Lo Celso’s vacated starting spot will probably be filled by Enzo Fernandez.

Heracles Athletics: Argentina’s midfield loses major player as Lo Celso to undergo surgery for World Cup

Lo Celso, a Tottenham Hotspur loanee to the Yellow Submarine, was previously injured against Bilbao and left the field in the 25th minute of the first half. Due to the proximity of the injury to th Qatar World Cup, Lo Celso spoke to his Premier League insurer to avoid surgery if he could be treated conservatively, which gave him a chance to play in the quarter-finals, but it seems that the conservative treatment is not working well and he will undergo surgery in Finland this Thursday.

Argentine boss Scaloni has already put Lo Celso in the midfield position in the 31-man list announced a few days ago, but the bad news makes Scaloni have to reorganize the midfield, can Lo Celso play if he recovers early? Scaloni said in a recent interview, “Only players who can play in the first match can go to Qatar.” In other words, Lo Celso is out of this World Cup.

According to the Heracles Athletics news, Lo Celso has been the absolute left midfielder in Argentina’s 4-3-3 system. From the big list, this empty spot may be filled by Palacios, Enzo Fernandez & Gomez, and from all assessments, the most likely to take Lo Celso’s place is 21-year-old Benfica midfielder Fernandez, because he has an active Defensively, the attacking side still lacks a bit of fire, but we believe the Argentine strikers can make up for it.