The Portuguese international footballer Gonçalo Guedes, striker for Benfica, will undergo surgery on his left knee due to a cartilage injury, the Lisbon club, leader of the I Liga and that can be proclaimed champion on Saturday, announced this Wednesday.
In the clinical information published on the official website, Benfica indicated that Gonçalo Guedes has a “cartilage injury in the left knee” and “needs surgical treatment, to be performed in the next few days”, without specifying the exact date of the intervention. .
Gonçalo Guedes, 26, was injured in the match against Sporting, played on Sunday, at the Estádio José Alvalade, shortly after replacing Rafa, in the 66th minute, but he remained on the pitch until the end of the match, which ended in a draw. -two.
The striker underwent surgery on his left knee on March 12, due to a meniscus problem, and returned to competition around a month later, on April 15, playing 20 minutes in the 1-0 defeat at the Desportivo de Chaves.
Gonçalo Guedes, on loan from Wolverhampton to the ‘incarnated’, will miss Benfica’s last game of the 2022/23 season, on Saturday, against Santa Clara, at the Estádio da Luz, in which the Lisbon club can win the 38th Portuguese title.
Since he returned to La Luz, in January, the striker has played 15 games with the ‘eagles’, but he has only started five times, having also scored two goals.
Source: TSF
