Carlo Ancelotti tried to remain calm when, at the press conference after Everton’s valuable 3-3 draw at Manchester United’s home, he was asked about James Rodríguez: “he had a calf problem at the end of the first half … I preferred to take it out, “he said.
The situation is under evaluation and in England they fear that this Wednesday he will not be available for the match against Tottenham for the FA Cup.
It is not an ideal situation just now that the Colombian is coming off scoring his first goal at Old Trafford, which has been consistent since his return to the courts on January 1, when he overcame a precisely injured calf.
Recidivism? Is not safe. What is a fact is that added to the injuries to his twins, calves and the blessed soleus, which was his cross in his days at Real Madrid, the Colombian has suffered, for those three concepts, an absence of 167 days!
This is the summary of your problems for this specific type of injury:
2014-2015 Injury to the right twin; 7 days of absence2016-2017 Muscle injury in the soleus of the left leg; 14 days of absence2016-2017 Discomfort in the soleus of the left leg; 7 days of absence2016-2017 Injury to the soleus of the left leg; 30 days of absence2017-2018 Problem in the right calf; 18 days absent2017-2018 Injury to the left calf; 33 days absent2018-2019 Left calf injury; 21 days of absence2019-2020 Soleus injury of the left leg, 18 days and absence2020-2021 Calf injury; 19 days absence2020-2021 Calf injury; pending evolution
James will be evaluated in the next few hours and a definitive diagnosis is expected for this new problem. It is possible that Ancelotti’s strategy of not risking him at Old Trafford has been effective, it is possible that what happens in recent years, that just when he is better a physical problem appears.
The problem for Ancelotti is Tottenham in the FA Cup, this Wednesday, and Fulham, in the Premier, at the weekend. But the real headache may be for coach Reinaldo Rueda, who is counting on him for the qualifying rounds, in next March. The ruling is expected on both sides of the ocean …