> “This injury has a relapse rate of 30%, so you have to be very careful. We have to be extremely cautious with the recovery deadlines,” sports medicine expert Dr Ripoll told Cadena SER.
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> ”If the lesion is located in the muscle belly, we are talking about a more benign prognosis; on the other hand, if it is located at the junction of the muscle with the tendon or in the tendon itself, the injury could be more serious: at least four or six weeks.
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> “It’s very premature to say at this point whether it looks more like a tear or a strain. In any case, coaches like Luis de la Fuente want their players healthy and in good form. I think it’s unlikely he’ll be called up because the relapse rate is 30%, and that would mean losing a player for the World Cup.”