Tremendous drama, the serious situation that Bentancur experienced

Rodrigo Bentancur set off the alarms in the match played last Sunday between Tottenham and Aston Villa in the Premier League. Half an hour into the game when the Uruguay national team midfielder received a hard kick from Matty Cash that left him visibly sore.

Bentancur was unable to complete his return to activity after breaking the cruciate ligament in his left knee last February. In his first start with Tottenham, he suffered a very serious infraction that caused him a new injury that will take him off the field for several years. months.

In the framework of the duel with Aston Villa for matchday 13 of the Premier League, the Uruguayan with a past in Boca and Juventus was in the game for the London team that enjoys the presence of Cristian "Cuti" Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Alejo Veliz, although his time at the meeting came to an end in an unexpected way.

The midfielder suffered a harsh challenge from Matty Cash, which forced him to leave the match with just 32 minutes left on the game clock at Tottenham Stadium in north London. The midfielder moved the ball and, when he removed the mark from above him, he received the impact on his right ankle which prevented him from continuing in the game. He had to request medical assistance and left the field limping under a wave of applause from the local fans.

The resolution of the case

After carrying out the corresponding studies, it was determined that the former Boca player, who had only registered two previous games with the Spurs and two with the Uruguayan National Team in the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, suffered a sprained leg ankle with ligamentous involvement and paralysis for at least two and a half months; so he will be out of the courts at least until mid-February.