ouch lol. To be fair, Garrido used to be the B team manager. And his first season was great, but then he got more conservative. If Villarreal aren't careful, thinking they're too good to go down, they could give themselves a false sense of security by "improving" to midtable but still be around 3/4 points off the relegation spot at the end of the season. And this new guy leaves Villarreal B pretty much in the relegation zone. Not good times. I'm sure Altidore would have been useful to this team.
Rossi looks to Totti example He did an interview and was complimentary of Juve but especially Roma and how Enrique's tactics fit a player of his type better. http://www.tuttojuve.com/?action=read&idnotizia=86467 I think Roma could use another striker but considering our other needs I'm not sure it's wise to pay what it would take to sign him.
He has also been linked to Inter in the past couple days: http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/ital...not-necessarily-turn-down-inter-if-they-dont-
I know that he had been training recently, but the only thing I can find about his return is that he is still a maybe for the Euro. Meanwhile, new coach Lotina has gotten off to a good start. It looks like they'll stay in La Liga, but they've got some work to do for next year.
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_...ml#comment-6a00e54ef2975b88330167650d17df970b Rossi has done it again. He has suffered a 2nd ACL tear in his right knee while trying to round out his current rehab from an ACL tear. A huge blow to him. This kills the slim hope he had to make the Euros and now slams the door shut on a potential transfer this summer. I know some folks will laugh and say "karma's a bitch" but the reality is that this could derail a promising career. He may not be everyone's favorite player but there's no doubt he is American at heart and is a well spoken (albeit with a Jersey accent) by evident of his periodic interviews of MLsS Extratime Radio.
I doubt he'll ever play for Italy again after this. Its going to be tough to recover after 2 ACL surgeries on the same knee. Sucks for him.....
As someone who has torn an ACL twice within 18 months, I feel terrible for him (and I don't even care about him).
Seriously sucks for him. Usually the replacement ACL is stronger than the one you're born with (at least that's what my surgeon told me). Makes me wonder if the doctor botched things or there is some underlying problem with his mechanics.
A few days ago Panini, the Italian company that makes collectible stickers that are something like baseball cards, came out with their Italy squad for Euro 2012, and Rossi wasn't in it. http://www.football-italia.net/17645/panini-select-their-italy-squad Could they have had some kind of eerie premonition?
My ex-coworker and his girlfriend played soccer in college and she blew her ACL out in the same knee twice and had to quit. Repairing an ACL isn't like inserting a screw and plate to a bone so it can heal. Blood doesn't flow through it so it can't heal itself. You have to actually rebuild it using other tissue in the body (or take one from a cadaver, I mean donor) and graft it. In her case she had donor tissue for her second surgery. He told me that if you blow it out once, you have surgery and move on. If you blow it out twice the smart thing is to quit sports because if you blow it out a third time you will never walk on that knee again because there just isn't enough of the ligament left to keep rebuilding it. Granted, that was mere mortal college sports, not professional sports where they have almost unlimited resources to do all sorts of reconstructive surgeries to keep the players in the game. But yes, a second ACL tear in the same knee could very well be a career ending injury. He could fully recover, and he might never tear it again. The question is whether it's worth the risk.
Regarding tearing your ACL twice, Alan Shearer came to mind. But when I researched it I found that he did it once in each knee. Didn't Clint Mathis tear his same ACL twice?
Not a doctor but have torn two ACLs (different knees), and I don't think the risk of not walking is correct. I was given the option of not even doing ACL repair and told that's pretty standard as you get older and if you don't need ACL repair to play sports. My understanding is that people can walk around fine with a torn ACL and even do physical activity like jog, bike, swim, etc. as long as it doesn't require lateral movement. Before my surgeries, I was walking around fine and without pain. So, perhaps you can't keep rebuilding it, but I don't think you're in danger of not being able to walk from multiple ACL tears as I was able to walk fine without one and given the option of not repairing it.
People forget that Ronaldo had two major injuries and still probably was the best striker of his generation. Obviously Rossi isn't as good but it's not over. Saying that, it doesn't look good. I feel bad for him.
Well, there's little doubt he's American now! Nothing says talented American soccer player like being oft-injured. I admit, the first time he did his knee I felt some Schadenfreude. But this time, I feel bad for the kid. No one should blow the same knee twice, especially when you're rehabbing the first tear.
Was his first operation done by Steadman? He is the orthopod that does a lot of the famous knee op's. If not, I bet his second one will be done by him. Whatever his nationality, you have to feel for the guy. ou have to wonder why some guys make it through an entire career unscathed, and others can't beat the injury bug. Genetics must have something to do with it.
I'm not sure about that. IMO, it has more to do with players being rushed back to fitness before their bodies have fully healed. Returning 6 months after a torn ACL seems way too soon! It's an 18 month recovery time-frame for any normal person who tears his ACL. I can see with the best doctors and trainers it may be possible to cut that down to a year, but 6 months seems to be pushing it.
Some people just don't have the body to put up with the rigors of professional training. And we don't know exactly what kind of training he was doing at six months. If it was full training with the first team, then yeah he probably was rushed back. But six months to getting back to doing some running and movement with the ball isn't unheard of.
Rossi desperately wanted to make Italy's Euro 2012 squad, so it's possible that he was pushing himself too hard to come back before the end of the season. Then there's the fact that Villarreal are currently only 1 spot above the relegation zone, so in order to get Rossi back to help them out it's possible that the club was rushing things too.
[Quoted material removed by mod] Terrible news, just awful I hope he takes time out to actually think about his next step. NO need to rush it. Athletes often come back too soon from these injuries. You just wish a responsible person steps in and says "take your time" but that never happens.
I was under the impression he was about to return to the Villarreal squad. It wasn't just light running and movement. If true, that's way too early from a major injury! Yes, its not unheard of to come back that soon. It's also not unheard of to re-injure the thing that didn't have proper time to heal.