Lucas breaks silence after surgery news, shares message of faith | OneFootball

São Paulo player faces drama with injury since the start of the season (Photo: Publicity/SPFC)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

@avantmtricolor

If his arrival in mid-2023 was surrounded by excitement, crowned with an unprecedented Copa do Brasil title for São Paulo, the last few months for Lucas Moura at the club have been quite complicated.

This Thursday (28th), the Tricolor confirmed that the attacking midfielder will need to undergo a new and simple surgical procedure on his right knee, an arthroscopy due to a partial ligament injury and a posterior capsule injury at the site.

A man of great faith, Lucas has never hidden the difficult days he has been experiencing away from the fields for São Paulo, especially due to the delay in the full recovery of his injury, which occurred on March 10, still during the Paulistão.

But this Friday (29th), the Tricolor's number 7 spoke out on his social media, posting only a message of faith: “The Lord God will go ahead of you; he himself will be with you and will not leave you, nor forsake you. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged”.

Due to the constant discomfort felt by Lucas, the São Paulo Medical Department decided to perform a new procedure to check for fibrosis at the site or a healing problem, as the treatment based on cortisone did not have the expected effect for the athlete.

Now, the Tricolor is working internally to have their star back for the second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals against LDU, on September 25th (Thursday), at Morumbi.

ATYPICAL INJURY LASTING 5 MONTHS

The Tricolor considers this injury of their main player as atypical. It was three months away from the fields due to a strain of the posterior capsule of the right knee, in the classic against Palmeiras, still on March 10, during the Paulistão semi-final.

In May, he returned to play for 55 minutes in two matches, but couldn't handle it. Thus, in July, Lucas Moura underwent an infiltration due to the constant pain at the injury site. Finally, only in this month of August, the number 7 returned to games, getting a few minutes against Vitória in the Brasileirão.

After that, he played three more matches, never playing more than 45 minutes, and was absent again against Atlético-MG, in a victory at Morumbi in the last round of the National.

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