Betis is suffering a real ordeal this season with injuries which has prevented Pellegrini from having all his troops at some point during the season and forced him to do without fundamental pieces in his system.
Recently, Johnny Cardoso joined the injured list, leaving the Heliopolitan midfield unavailable, and Today, terrible news about Nobel Mendy’s condition has been confirmed.an important piece for Arzu in the reserve team and a resource for Pellegrini to cover possible absences in the center of the defense.
In this way, The centre-back, signed to Betis Deportivo, was under the command of Arzu last Saturday in the match against Sanluqueño, taking advantage of the fact that there was no competition in First Division due to the break and He had to leave the field of play in the 42nd minute due to discomfort that prevented him from continuing.
The first explorations were already very unflattering and This morning Betis corroborated the worst omens with a medical report in which it points out the extent of a rather delicate injury, as it affects the ligament.
“After the assessment and tests carried out by the Club’s medical services, It is confirmed that the Betic center back Nobel Mendy suffers a grade 2 sprain of the internal lateral ligament in his left knee. The recovery time will depend on the evolution of the process,” explained the Heliopolitan club through a statement in which it does not detail the time that he will remain away from the playing fields, although This type of injury requires around five or six weeks, or even more, to tune up and, a priori, it is estimated that it will not be available for the remainder of 2024.. In this way, he joins the absences of Isco, Marc Roca, William Carvalho and Johnny Cardoso, once Diego Llorente has already joined the group. A new major setback for the green and white, plagued this season by physical problems.
It should be noted that this season he has played two games with the first team, in the Conference Lague against Legia and in the Cup with Gévora, while he has participated in four with the reserve team. Thus, Arzu’s team will miss this Saturday’s fundamental event, who, leaders, receive the second, Antequera, at home at the Luis del Sol Sports City.