The party that Spain beat Uruguay 1-0 This Friday continues to make people talk. Not only because of the early Uruguayan elimination, but also because of the duels that took place in full development between the footballers. The players of the European team complained during it about some infractions received, but the loudest cry of complaint was heard the day after, when the official medical reports were released. Nico Williams He did not remain silent and, quite angry about the situation, pointed -although without naming him- at Nicolas de la Cruz.
The Spanish team gave details of the team’s medical report after a match that was not so frictional, but with heated spirits. “Yeremy Pino suffers a sprained clavicle, no break has been diagnosed,” they explained. And they added: “Nico Williams suffers a muscle injury to his right adductor. “Both injuries are moderate in severity and their evolution will determine their availability.”
De la Fuente, coach of Spain, had said after the match. “Unfortunately it can be a clavicle injury and we’ll see, tomorrow he’s going to have tests. The man is suffering a lot and the effort he made to endure the end of the game is tremendous, it was heroic, I am very grateful and so are his teammates,” he had said regarding Pino. Luckily the fracture was ruled out.
Beyond this clarification from the Federation, Nico Williams’ anger was noticeable, due to what happened specifically yesterday with De la Cruz but also due to the accumulated frustrations experienced due to previous injuries. “Today is one of the worst days of my life. I am injured again after a very complicated year, in which pubalgia won many battles for me, but not the war. I managed to overcome it with work, sacrifice and, above all, responsibility,” he began his message on the social network Instagram. And he added: “It was a year and a half of suffering, sadness, uncertainty and anxiety. He didn’t know when he would play again without pain or when he would regain a normal life. “I came to live with pain in things as simple as going to the bathroom, getting in and out of the car or simply enjoying everyday life.”
And he continued, in a text accompanied by a photo of Nico Williams reproaching De la Cruz for his fault: “Being happy again playing football was my biggest priority, along with recovering my smile. Because without a smile, without enjoying and without being happy, I cannot perform at the highest level. I overcame it. Then an injury to my ischium appeared, which put me to the test again. Once again I stopped smiling, but I wasn’t going to stop either.”
Then came the reference to Nicolás De la Cruz, in an infraction received 48 minutes into the second half that earned him a yellow card but the VAR could also have intervened due to a possible expulsion, since the Flamengo midfielder is not going to contest the ball and the infraction he committed against me was strong. “Yesterday they caused me a new injury after an action in which a colleague acted out of frustration, discontent and sadness for the situation he was going through. It was a move that, in my opinion, could have been avoided because it was completely unnecessary.”
In any case, he tried to leave an optimistic message for the future: “But this is not going to stop me either. I know that God has a plan for me and I will continue fighting until the last moment to return to doing what I love most: playing football, being happy and giving a lot of joy. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your messages of support. The story is not over, see you as soon as possible in this World Cup.”
Although the match was not violent, towards the end the Uruguayan footballers made evident their frustration over the early elimination from the World Cup that was imminent. So much so that after De la Cruz’s strong foul on Nico Williams, Agustín Canobbio was expelled for a direct red, after an iron on Cubarsí. Before he had had a strong entry on Cucurella.
“They have taken us to the limit, it was a match of maximum demand with a very high level of concentration, responsibility and integrity. Without having been brilliant, we knew how to live up to it,” De la Fuente said after the match. Spain will play its next match on Thursday, July 2, at 4 p.m. (Argentina time) at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, awaiting the rival.
