Marco Asensio Suffers Torn ACL Against Arsenal, Will Miss Majority Of Season

Real Madrid and manager Zinedine Zidane had a promising start of the summer by signing five players ranging from Eden Hazard, formerly of Chelsea, Luka Jovic from Benfica, 18-year-old Brazilian Rodrygo, Olympique Lyon fullback Ferland Mendy and Porto’s Eder Militao. Recently, Zidane’s squad has been suffering. After it was announced Welsh star Gareth Bale was allowed to leave for free after not agreeing with Zidane, Real Madrid played Arsenal in a friendly and Marco Asensio tore his ACL.

According to BBC, Real Madrid released a statement regarding Asensio’s status, saying, “he has been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the external meniscus of his left knee. The player will be surgically operated in the next few days.”

Asensio suffered the injury later after scoring in the 59th minute to bring the game back to 2-2 after Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the first half and gave them the lead. Real Madrid later won the game in penalties.

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According to reports in Spain, they explain that Asensio could be out for the team for almost nine months. He will miss most of the 2019-2020 campaign, and may not be involved at the Euro 2020 championships with his international team Spain.