São Paulo doctor says André Silva’s injury wasn’t just bad luck | OneFootball

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Dr. Filipe Abdalla, a physiotherapist who works with São Paulo, believes that André Silva's ligament injury cannot be treated as just an unfortunate event. The professional cites two other serious ligament injuries in the team in a short period (with Calleri and Ryan Francisco) and says that there are a series of factors that may have contributed to André Silva's injury.

According to the doctor, intense game load in short intervals, as well as field conditions, individual history, biomechanics, sleep, and even emotional aspects can make an athlete more vulnerable to injury.

São Paulo's number 17 suffered a ligament injury and sprain in his right knee.

"Injuries don't follow a straight line of cause and effect. There is a complex network, where factors such as training load, calendar, field conditions, individual history, biomechanics, sleep, and even emotional aspects interact. When three players suffer similar injuries, it doesn't just mean 'bad luck', but the result of multiple factors that overlap at different times. Unfortunately, an LCP (posterior cruciate ligament) injury and LCA (anterior cruciate ligament) sprain," highlighted Abdalla, a sports physiotherapy specialist.

On Tuesday (26), accompanied by the club's doctor, Ricardo Galotti, André Silva will undergo a consultation with Moisés Cohen, the Tricolor's medical consultant, when the treatment approach will be defined.

The striker is expected to start a conservative recovery process, and in the coming days, depending on how his condition evolves, positively or negatively, it will be decided whether to rule out surgery definitively.

Another loss in São Paulo's attack

The recovery period for injuries of this type, without surgery, can vary between four and 12 weeks, complicating things for coach Hernán Crespo, who sees his third attacking option go to the medical department.

Before André Silva, strikers Calleri and Ryan Francisco were already recovering from surgeries they underwent during the year. Of the two, the only hope for a return this season is the veteran Argentine, who is already working on the field at the CT da Barra Funda with physiotherapy.

To line up the attack, as a natural center-forward, Crespo has his compatriot Dinneno, a name that arrived from Cruzeiro when the coach was Luis Zubeldía, who even recommended him to the Tricolor (a fact that may contribute to his low usage with the new coach).

In addition to Dinneno, other players can be improvised, such as wingers Ferreirinha and Tapia, as well as Luciano, who can play as a false 9.

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