{"id":489463,"date":"2025-02-03T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489463"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:23:25","slug":"lisandro-martinez-out-for-8-months-with-acl-injury","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lisandro-martinez-out-for-8-months-with-acl-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisandro Martinez out for 8 months with ACL injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United defender Lisandro Mart\u00ednez faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during his team\u2019s 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday. The Argentine centre-back was visibly distraught as he was stretchered off the pitch in the second half, with early assessments confirming the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udfe5 Lisandro Mart\u00ednez (27) has torn the cruciate ligament in his knee, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gastonedul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@gastonedul<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kC14q1YuxZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kC14q1YuxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurofootcom\/status\/1886460540882653231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez is expected to undergo surgery in the coming days, with a recovery timeline that could keep him out of action for approximately eight months. This latest setback continues a frustrating run of injuries for the 27-year-old, who missed the final weeks of his debut season at United and was limited to just 14 appearances last campaign due to persistent fitness issues.<\/p>\n<p>His absence is a significant blow for Manchester United, who are struggling in the Premier League. The loss to Crystal Palace leaves the team in 13th place, 12 points behind fourth-placed Manchester City and just as many points clear of the relegation zone. Manager R\u00faben Amorim will now have to find a defensive solution as United prepare for an FA Cup clash against Leicester on Friday, followed by a crucial league fixture against Tottenham on February 16.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez\u2019s injury adds to United\u2019s growing list of concerns in a season plagued by inconsistency and setbacks. The club will now have to rely on their remaining defensive options to fill the void left by one of their most important players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United defender Lisandro Mart\u00ednez faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during his team\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489464,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18797,16789],"news_category":[136,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[18798,17559],"acf":{"announce":"Manchester United's defender suffers another big blow as he is sidelined for a long time again","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489465,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489463\/revisions\/489465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489463"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489463"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}