Osvaldo, bad leg Espanyol

RCD Espanyol is, no doubt, the surprise team so far this season 2010/2011. Having lost a little bellow the Hercules, the fifth Los Pericos is more surprising than the third or seventh Villarreal Getafe. And that had a run of five games without a win that broke rolling to Zaragoza this weekend.

The main cause of good Espanyol is none other than his coach, Mauricio Pochettino, which I must admit I did not expect it to be able to assemble a team as good as the blue and white are showing. But from my point of view there are two key players have made up several steps to the team: one is Javi Márquez, one of the three midfielders too be considered for future rounds of selection, with Bruno and Valero, Villarreal- the other is Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Argentine striker after passing through the Italian Atalanta, Lecce, Fiorentina and Bologna, a team that has yielded to the Espanyol-what will the Rossoblu front for them on the Argentine ... -.

Osvaldo has emphasized from the first day as a striker with a great eye for goal, quite fast and more technical than it seems because of its height. Until the time of his injury had managed seven goals in the league, the last just against Zaragoza, who scored the goal that opened the can of a party that ended in rout but he could not finish. The injury was entirely coincidental and nothing Lanzaro had to do, central hands, as Osvaldo broke alone.

Tests have revealed the Argentine striker suffered a torn adductor almost left over, so it appears-for lack of a player decides, you will have to undergo surgery. The estimated downtime is less than two months, so it will be without Pochettino Osvaldo until early April or so. A disgrace for Espanyol, which although time seems to not attend the winter market to look for a substitute occasionally. And a shame for those who follow the Spanish League with the hope that the second class teams improve their performance to encourage a competition that have cut off his head.

PS. Focused on the picture to Jarosik, who seems outraged by the actions of the driver of the mechanical stretcher.

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