This Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time), FC Barcelona will face Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in the match corresponding to the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. For said party, Julen Lopetegui, coach of the Seville team, he will not be able to count on one of his great stars, the Argentine Lucas Ocampos.
The Argentine winger was being this season one of the great cracks of LaLiga Santander, but this weekend he suffered an ankle injury that will not allow him to be against him FC Barcelona in Copa del Rey. “Lucas Ocampos suffers from an anterior syndesmosis and the calcaneal peroneal ligament of the left ankle,” reported the Sevilla this same monday.
Thus, the 3-0 victory of the team led by Julen Lopetegui in front of Getafe It ended up being bitter for the Sevillian team. Lucas Ocampos, at the beginning of the second half of the game, he left the field with clear signs of pain, through tears and on a stretcher, after a hard tackle from Djené Dakoman.
The defender of Getafe he entered with the heels in front of Lucas Ocampos and he bent his left ankle completely, on which he was also leaning. The images and reaction of the Argentine winger already indicated that it could be a major injury, as it was. According to some sectors of the press, his injury will keep him off the pitch for four to six weeks.
Naturally, the action was sanctioned by Martinez Munuera, the main referee of the match, ended up sending Djené Dakoman with a direct red. In principle, the referee had not whistled a foul, because he did not see the play. However, from the VAR they warned him of the action and ended up expelling the player from the Getafe, While Lucas Ocampos he was leaving the field disconsolate.
The relay of Ocampos
Injury to Lucas Ocampos is a jug of cold water for the team led by Julen Lopetegui, who will face FC Barcelona this Wednesday at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. After knowing the extent of his ailments, everything indicates that the coach of the Seville team will bet instead on him ‘Papu’ Gómez the by Munir.