Former Real Madrid defender Marcelo broke his leg while tackling Argentine defender Luciano Sanchez. The regretful Marcelo broke down in tears on the field due to the unexpected incident. Even though the incident was unintentional, former Brazilian star Marcelo has to face punishment.
10 days after the incident, Marcelo was banned for 3 matches by the South American football association Conmable. In addition to the match ban, he will also have to pay a fine of 6,000 euros.
This tragic incident happened last week in the Copa Libertadores, the highest competition in Latin American club football. Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s Argentinos Juniors clashed at the Diego Maradona Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Former star footballer Marcelo was playing for the Brazilian club.
The age of the match was 55 minutes. Marcelo was trying to cut the ball. Luciano Sanchez, the Argentinian defender of Argentinos Juniors, rushed from the side and raised his left leg. Marcelo’s feet landed on Sanchez’s outstretched legs. Instantly, that leg broke and was completely twisted in the opposite direction.
Sanchez’s injury is clearly serious. Argentina Juniors doctor Alejandro Ronconi told Cal de Sports radio about his injury, “In 23 years of experience as a doctor, I have never seen anything like this. Femur and fibula are almost separated.
Ronconi said Sanchez will have to undergo several surgeries to fuse the bones in his leg and will take 10 to 12 months to recover
