Bad news for him Real Betis. Isco Alarcon He will have to undergo surgery again and his leave will be extended a little. The Malaga man has swelling in his ankle, the result of the blow he received from his teammate … Sofiane Amrabat on November 27.
Thus, according to Mundo Betis, Isco will have to undergo an arthroscopy to correct the intra-articular injury to the cartilage in your ankle. This means the player will be out for at least another month.
The player was recovering for the first time from the injury caused by the collision with his teammate during the La Liga match. Europa League against Utrechbut once healed, medical services detect this injury which will lead him to return to the operating room.
A few days ago, the head of Real Betis’ medical services, Jose Manuel Alvarezsent a message to the media to explain what the Malaga native’s injury consisted of: “It’s not a simple injury. The unfortunate play with Amrabat generates a high intensity in the impact to the point of breaking the skin. There is an injury, but it comes from trauma, from a high intensity contusion. In Amrabat’s case, it only caused a bruise; In Isco’s case, the skin broke open. But not only is this injury generated during this impact, but after the impact, significant edema is generated throughout the leg which goes down to the ankle and generates a small intra-articular injury in the cartilage area. This is what happened in the case of Isco.
Noting that the player’s progress was not as desired with the chosen treatment, the doctors reassessed and decided to enter the operating room.
First round lost
It is worth remembering that the Betis player had to undergo surgery in August, after suffering a blow to his ankle during the Malaga – Betis pre-season friendly match. He fractured his fibula and was sidelined for three months.
Isco returned in style during Betis – Girona on November 23, a match in which his reappointment to the green and white team was announced and in which he played half an hour of play. Pellegrini also wanted to start him in the European duel against Utrechtin which he was only able to play 9 minutes, since the incident with Amrabat and both players were injured.
Today, after this setback in his convalescence, Isco must once again postpone his return, at least until February. The man from Malaga thus missed the first round of this 2025-26 campaign.
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