The figure of the ‘U’ who will miss the final stretch of the championship | Football24 News English

Bad news for the University of Chile. The blue team has not dragged good results in the last time and its low position in the weighted table is something that they have not been able to resolve. Now, another problem has been added for Rafael Dudamel and his coaching staff, who will lose a key element in their scheme for the last matches of the tournament.

According to El Desconcierto, Pablo Aranguiz will undergo surgery this weekend as a result of the meniscus injury he suffered on January 24 in the 1-1 draw between U and IquiqueA commitment in which the player had to leave the pitch at 76 ‘.

The university team had already announced the day after the game against the ‘Celestial Dragons’ the medical report of the skilled midfielder, pointing out that he presented a “meniscal impingement” and that his return to the courts would be evaluated depending on the evolution of the player. The return will finally take place in the next tournament, as a result of the operation to which it will be subjected.

The one formed in the Spanish Union had already been operated in its passage through the university students, when he suffered a metatarsal fracture that kept him away from the courts for almost ten weeks, during which time his team played eight games.

In this way, Universidad de Chile will lose one of the team’s most outstanding players in its fight for the final stretch of the National Championship, where they seek to get away from relegation and qualify for an international cup.