Rodri's serious ACL and shocking injury is still at the highest alarming level, making Man City not dare to risk using this key midfielder. They have spent about £ 315 million for 8 rookies in the past 6 months, but still hurting to bring the 2024 Golden Ball back to the pitch, although it is very difficult.
After 9 months of absence due to a serious knee injury in September 2024, Rodri returned to the pitch in the penultimate match of the Premier League 2024/25, then played the last 30 minutes in the first 2 matches at the World Cup Club. But coach Pep Guardiola has confirmed that NHM stop hoping for the return in the new season.
“It has been nearly 9 months since the injury occurred,” Guardiola said. “Normally, the recovery process is from 10 to 12 months. ACL injury and shocking cartilage are very serious types of injuries. Rodri is recovering but very slowly.”
Fast or slow will depend on the way Rodri's right knee reacts when he increases the competition time. There are 2 shocking cartilage at each knee, the menpk cartilage in the middle of the sheping inside and the menstrual cartilage on the outside, with ACL, one of the main ligaments of the knee, is connected above.
Cartilage are C -shaped cartilage pieces that act as a shock absorber between the leg bone and the femur to help stabilize the knee, distribute weight and protect the joints from excessive wear. The worst scenario is ACL breaks and torn both the menu in the middle and the menstrual cartilage.
In the medical world, this condition is called the variant of the “trio of terrorism” because it indicates a significant injury. “In football, non -contact injury is usually only related to cross ligament,” the leading ACL surgeon Gordon Mackay said.
“If cure cartilage, it is likely that it is torn higher when the player returns to the competition. Researching the trauma in the top sport of UEFA discovered that in the players, the ACL torn comes with the torn of the shocking cartilage accounting for about 50-70% of cases, but the torn of both menpes at the same time is only 1/3.
“There is a big difference between them,” Mackay talked about the middle and the side cartilage. “The inner cartilage is much easier to treat and can be cut more often, while external cartilage is a more difficult recovery process, more difficult surgery and more difficult results.”
Rodri was treated by the Spanish Surgeon Manuel Leyes. His method includes tunneling in the femur and tibia (femur and tibia) to put a new tendon in and remove 1/3 of the middle of the tendon. After that, Leyes will add a piece of joint reinforcement (by another tendon) to control the rotating motion of the knee and reduce the risk of the player breaking ACL.
This is a traditional method compared to the method used in the United States and of Mackay, who has a pioneering method of regenerating or repairing ligaments as soon as possible, strengthening it with a brace inside. He used a second brace outside instead of a second piece.
The method of Leyes can take more time than Mackay's inner splint method, the method has helped some players return to success within 4 and a half months, but additional surgery on the outside of the knee with both methods can reduce the risk of recurrence to 1/3.
Rodri is a great player and is really the world's leading midfielder. The fact that he supports ACL injuries and men cartilage is also a valuable opportunity for medicine to study, evaluate and test new and bold treatment ideas. It may take some time before he returns to the boss who runs matches.
However, Rodri returned to the pitch after such a serious injury is the reason for Man City's NHM to be optimistic. Anyway, they do not expect too much about the possibility that Rodri can be ascth of the old age.
