The injury update for Mexico’s Chucky Lozano sees him depart the premises of the hospital after his excruciatingly painful head injury
The opening exchanges of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 couldn’t have unravelled in any more torrid fashion for Mexico. Not only did the side end up drawing to a way inferior Trinidad and Tobago outfit but most importantly lost out on the services of Chucky Lozano.
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021: Mexico’s Chucky Lozano Suffers Head Injury
Napoli man, Hirving Lozano ended up suffering a horrific injury as he was pushed on his way through to the Trinidad and Tobago goal. It saw him being sent bundling into an on rushing Marvin Phillip with the Trinidad and Tobago goal-keeper connecting viciously with Lozano’s head.
Lozano was rendered motionless and bloodied on the pitch as he received treatment before being eventually carried away from the park. He was stretchered off to a local hospital nearby to receive further treatment for his injury.
Only in stupid fuckin @Concacaf is this not a foul — and referee didn’t even bother to stop the play, then proceeded to yellow card a Mexican player for yelling at him for not doing so. Chucky Lozano 😭😭❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/AwL62rKQQr
— Edgar Alvarez Barajas (@abcdedgar) July 11, 2021
Chucky Lozano Injury Update
Mexico have ever since gone onto assert that while Lozano is out of the hospital, the player will miss the remainder of the tournament owing to the calamitous crash. Lozano has hyperextended his neck and will require neurological evaluation with a plastic surgeon operating on the mammoth gash under his left eye.
Lozano is said to require atleast 4-6 weeks to recover from his current plight.
“It was a moment of despair because we saw Lozano lying on the grass and from the bench we could not see what he had,” assistant manager Jorge Theiler said.
Mexico vs Trinidad Y Tobago was 🗑️ all around
Knowing how serious neck injuries are and how hard he crashed into the goal keeper i felt sick to my stomach
you can die from neck accidents like that
Thank God Chucky lozano is okay 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Vía – Hirving lozano instagram pic.twitter.com/35z6yxL1Ab
— JessieFelix (@Jessiefelix_) July 11, 2021
Lozano who has scored on 14 occasions for Mexico in 48 ties will be a colossal miss for his country. The player had gone onto net on 11 occasions for Napoli last season, a campaign which finally saw him unlock his true potential in the Serie A.
Mexico will face a behemoth task as they try to compensate for the services of the departed Lozano. The player leaves a massive void in the team ahead of the country’s impending matchup with Guatemala on Wednesday.