Paolo Guerrero revealed a conversation with Yoshimar Yotún about injury and his feelings about a possible absence from the Peruvian team: “It is a stronghold”

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This Monday, April 29, César Vallejo beat Sporting Cristal 2-1 on matchday 13 of the Apertura Tournament; However, the result was put in the background due to the severe injury suffered by Yoshimar Yotún. The ‘celeste’ midfielder had to leave the Mansiche stadium in an ambulance and caused everyone’s concern, including Paolo Guerrero.

The ‘Predator’, who was on the substitute bench of the ‘poet’ squad after being changed, was captured by the broadcast cameras and the images showed his unrest over the ‘Yoshi’ incident. What’s more, the 40-year-old center forward did not hesitate to ask about the midfielder’s situation in the middle of the game.

After the UCV victory, ‘PG9’ stopped as he left the Trujillo sports giant and gave statements. The interview revolved around the problem of the captain of the Rimenses. The former Hamburg player revealed that he was able to talk with his Peruvian teammate through messages.

“I hope he doesn’t have anything, they told me it was the knee, I just spoke to him by message, he’s about to have an MRI, he told me to go to the hotel because there are a lot of people in the hospital, let’s hope it’s nothing serious.” ”, he declared in the first instance for Liga 1 Radio.

Paolo Guerrero repeated again that he wanted to know how Yotún was doing and expressed his hope that it was nothing serious. The latter due to his importance in the ‘bicolor’ and how close the Copa América United States 2024 is.

“I have great affection for ‘Yoshi’, he is a teammate of the national team, he is a great player, he is a stronghold of the national team for what is to come, so a big concern,” he responded to the query about a possible absence in the competition. Conmebol, which will start in June of this year.

At the moment, Sporting Cristal has not issued a medical report for his injury. However, in the League 1 Max broadcast, the possibility that he suffered a dislocated knee slipped. This would take him away from the courts for several weeks.

The sequence of Yoshimar Yotún’s severe injury in Sporting Cristal vs César Vallejo in League 1 – Credits: A Presión.

Paolo Guerrero was also unable to complete the 90 minutes in César Vallejo vs Sporting Cristal in League 1. And from the first minutes of the match he showed discomfort in the back of his thigh, which had sidelined him from several matches of the ‘poets’. ‘ recently. The ‘Predator’ couldn’t run and at times limped.

This is how, at halftime, coach ‘Chicho’ Salas decided to change him to take care of him and winger Alejandro Ramírez came on as his replacement, with Yorleys Mena taking over as center forward. The veteran footballer gave details of his physical problem. “It escalated, I wanted to be there for this game, unfortunately I couldn’t be there.”

On the other hand, the former LDU from Quito was happy for his club’s victory, because he returned to add three after two consecutive defeats in the local competition and the Copa Sudamericana. With this result, the Trujillo team reached 14 points and climbed to box 13 in the standings.

Paolo Guerrero reappeared in César Vallejo after two weeks, but could be out of the next game due to a recurrence of his injury.

The next challenge for the UCV will be against Cienciano at the height of Cusco. This commitment, valid for date 14 of the Apertura Tournament, will take place on Friday, May 3 at 6:00 p.m. at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega stadium. Paolo Guerrero, feeling physically, could not travel and be saved for the duel against Independiente Medellín for the Copa Sudamericana the following week.