Russia: Pavel Pogrebnyak Picks Up Severe Knee Injury
May 30, 2008 – 10:59 am | by admin
Russia might lose player Pavel Pogrebnyak, who has picked up a severe injury at his left knee during his team’s match against Serbia. A few hours after the game, Pogrebnyak was revealed to have gotten a problem with the meniscus in the injured knee. The diagnosis seems to be worse than one has ever expected. Russia’s victory against Serbia was thus saddened by Pogrebnyak’s injury.
After the match, the 24-year-old FC Zenit St. Petersburg player went to Munich alongside Russia’s team doctor, Andrei Grishanov, for precautionary tests. “He has a little irritation of the meniscus and a little rupture of the back part of it,” said Russia’s national football team’s coach Guus Hiddink. He also added that Pavel Pogrebnyak “won’t be training in the next few days but it is possible he will play at EURO. We will have a more precise ruling on him in the next few days. Even if the information about this injury is confirmed, I am not planning to call up another player instead of him.”
After opening the scoring in the 2-1 win against Serbia, Pogrebnyak signaled to the bench that he was in pain. Hiddink took him off immediately. “I didn’t understand [what had happened],” Pavel Pogrebnyak said. “There was no challenge but suddenly my left knee was in a lot of pain,” he added.
So, because of this injury that Pogrebnyak picked up just a few days before Russia’s first match for EURO 2008, the 24-year-old player might be forced to watch the games from the bench.
Tags: Euro 2008 News, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russia
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