Vela Watch – Striker Injured In Gold Cup Win

Carlos Vela can consider himself truly unfortunate after having to be substituted off after only 10 minutes of Mexico’s opener against Nicaragua.

Mexico went into the game following Guadeloupe’s 2-1 win over Panama, and started with the Arsenal man playing on the left of a 3 man offensive line. The game began in a fairly open manner, with Mexico starting to show their dominance as Vela made several deft touches. However, disaster struck during the 5th minute when Carlos was clattered roughly from behind. He was treated on the sidelines and made an effort to re-emerge, but it was obvious that he’d taken too severe a knock to continue. In the 11th minute he was subbed off for Medina.

Vela was then taken to the Bay Area Hospital in an ambulance and his future in the tournament will depend on the results of x-rays and scans.

Javier Aguirre (Mexico’s Manager) said this of Vela’s injury:

“Let’s hope it’s just a scare. Let’s hope it’s nothing serious. I don’t think the damage was done on the initial hit, but because of the way he fell,”

Although Aguirre is hoping that Vela will be able to recover, he has already started looking at replacements, and it must seem likely that he’ll be on the plane back to London unless there’s a drastic recovery. If that is the case, then we’ll all be hoping that he recovers in time for training and pre-season.

After Vela was subbed off Mexico did manage to win 2-0 with a penalty late in the first half and a tap-in in the 86th minute. This victory puts Mexico top of their group.

Update – Here

Article By – Gianni Sonvico