http://sbisoccer.com/2017/05/report...lalem-to-miss-nine-months-after-rupturing-acl Torn ACL for Gedion. Huge, huge, huge blow. If his career was not already at a crossroads.................... But the good thing is he is 20 years old. A full recovery is full expected.
This blows. I don't want to be pessimistic but it could be up to two years before he's back in physical form, the knee is fully strong and he's not thinking about it. But that's crucial years of development that he's missing out on. I hope during this down time and he can work on his body and try to get stronger during the layoff.
9 months shouldn't be a problem to be back in physical form. Besides, with GZ's style he doesn't need to worry about losing speed or explosiveness.
At least he isn't out of contract so he'll still get paid. I wonder about his recovery and return to the field though. I'm not sure where it happens, because no one is going to want to take him on loan coming off an ACL tear.
He'll heal of course. But most athletes don't come back to pre-injury form til usually that second year after the ACL injury. GZ's frame needs to add muscle though and I think is the main reason why he hasn't gotten a lot of PL looks up at the moment. He would get mowed down right now.
Quite an uphill battle from here to get back to where he wants to be. Worse is people who tear their ACL have much higher rates of repeated knee injuries. When I was a strength and conditioning coach I had a client who tore her left ACL twice and right ACL once by age 22. Creates an unbalance in the body. Upside is he's not someone like Derrick Rose who lived off his athleticism.
All players need to worry about losing speed or explosiveness. Either with injuries or at the end of careers. Its why players have to retire. Quickness and explosiveness are all incremental to every player. You lose alittle and you may not be as good as the next guy who wants your position.
It's amazing the number of career-ending or near-ending injuries that happen in international games. No wonder clubs wish they could do away with the whole thing. And they're usually no-contact, the guy is just running and suddenly, snap, tendon is gone. Makes me wonder if perhaps international games, the weight of representing your country, tends to cause high levels of stress, and that is what makes the players more prone to such injuries.
Falcao has come back pretty well. Even at an advanced age. What Geddy needs, like el Tigre, is someone who will give him a chance post-injury.
The real question is will he be able to pass sideways and backwards when he returns...... There..I said it.
On the flip side, a great showing by GZ at the WC would have dramatically increased his transfer value for Arsenal. This was a no-brainer risk in my opinion for GZ and the Gunners.
And it seems like it wasn't a non-contact injury, he went down a few minutes prior when the Ecuadoran attacker kicked GZ's standing leg while trying to shoot, which could have put a lot of force on the ligaments from an awkward angle...the next movement with force is when he went down. It's not good, but it is better than ligaments which give out on their own. And agreed, Gedion is probably the youth player most immune to an injury like this impacting his game.
well this sucks... Hopefully the knee recovers well and all he does is eat and hit the weight room for his recovery. I'm still a huge fan of his potential, so i'm hoping he eats a lot!
Women are more likely to tear an ACL. Women's basketball players without at least one ACL surgery are becoming rarer each season.
Ok, but you know what I mean - his game isn't built on that. Relatively speaking it will affect him less than a Josh Gatt, for example.
And men are more likely to drink from the milk carton. Not sure how you can statistically support this statement but would be curious to hear your evidence and why. Zelalem's body didn't hold up. Another fragile actor in the genetic lottery.
Uhh... you get some statistics about it? 2 seconds on Google Scholar: http://natajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.4085/1062-6050-48.6.03?code=nata-site See Table 1.
http://orthonc.com/your-health/preventing-acl-tears-why-are-acl-tears-more-common-in-female-athletes Or, if you'd prefer an academic report: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/c...SH_SPORTSMED_Female Knee Injuries and ACL.pdf