The Players’ Tribune, the former Rennes winger opened up about the injury, saying: “He (Fernandinho) hit my thigh hard. "I’m still used to the várzea (Brazilian street football), where you put ice on it and carry on.
No blood, no foul, man! You have to break your leg to get any sympathy there!“So I told Marcelo (Bielsa), ‘Don’t worry, in two or three days I’ll be fine.’“But when I came home and removed the bandage, my left leg was swelling.
It was twice as thick as the right. My blood pressure dropped.“I called a doctor, who took me to the hospital. The pain was so bad that I had to be given anaesthesia.
I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t even get into the car.”The 24-year-old was enjoying a brilliant breakthrough season under Bielsa, he ended the.
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