This is bad: Carlos Hernández injured himself at training last week and is expected to miss six weeks.
“It was just one of those training incidents with no one near him. He turned and his foot got stuck and twisted his knee.”
Six weeks means that the Costa Rican will miss Melbourne’s first three matches in the Asian Champions League.
Hernández’ absence will be sorely felt. His form at the end of the season was excellent, earning him a call-up to the Costa Rican national team. Suddenly, this injury throws a proverbial spanner into the works. Even if he recovers sufficiently to play in the latter half of the group stage, it will undoubtedly take him a few extra weeks to regain form.
Meanwhile, it appears to be confirmed that Grant Brebner will not be getting a game in the ACL group stage. This means that both Tom Pondeljak and Joe Keenan will be able to be drafted into the squad as injury replacements.
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1 Astri // Mar 4, 2008 at 11:41 am
I was devastated when I heard the news on the radio. It’s a huge blow, I just think sport is so cruel sometimes. I don’t think he will be getting on the KFC like last year so he should be in good shape. Hopefully he can come back and make an impact against Gamba Osaka in Japan, clearly our toughest game.
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