Montolivo, Montes to miss WCup
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KEY Italy midfielder Riccardo Montolivo broke his left tibia during a friendly with Ireland on Saturday and will miss the World Cup.
Fullback Alex Pearce fouled Montolivo in the ninth minute at Fulham’s Craven Cottage in London and the AC Milan captain was carried off on a stretcher.
“Montolivo has what we suspected, a broken tibia,” Italy physician Enrico Castellacci said. “I haven’t seen the X-ray yet to evaluate the extent of it but for a broken bone you can expect surgery.”
Montolivo was one of several players to be injured on a night of warm-up matches around the world, with Mexico’s Luis Montes also suffering a leg break after scoring in a 3-1 win over Ecuador. Mexico coach Miguel Hererra said after the game that Montes broke both his tibia and fibula.
Also, defender Jerry Akaminko is out of Ghana’s World Cup squad after being injured in the 0-1 loss to the Netherlands in Rotterdam.
‘It’s broken’
Montolivo knew immediately what was wrong, as he was seen saying “it’s broken” as fellow players and medical staff hovered around him anxiously while he was still lying on the pitch.
“Psychologically, he was destroyed,” Castellacci said after Montolivo was taken to a London hospital for X-rays.
Last week, Montolivo married his longtime girlfriend, the model Cristina De Pin.
Alberto Aquilani came on as a replacement for Montolivo but he, too, had to come off before halftime complaining of dizziness after knocking heads with Stephen Ward.
Aquilani was also taken to a local hospital, where tests showed he was not seriously hurt. The game ended 0-0
In Arlington, Texas, Montes was injured in the 35th minute after fighting for a loose ball with Ecuador’s Segundo Castillo. He was carried off the pitch, with teammates crying on the field when they saw the severity of the injury.
In Rotterdam, Akaminko, 26, who plays his club football for Eskisehirspor in Turkey, broke his ankle in the third minute of time added on in the match.
Akaminko will be sidelined for at least three months.
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