The Real Madrid player who makes a last attempt to avoid surgery

Raúl Asencio faces one last attempt to avoid surgery. The Real Madrid center-back has already overcome the injury that kept him sidelined this season due to a quadriceps problem , but the same leg is causing him trouble again. This time, in the tibia. An ailment he has been carrying since last season and that did not fully heal as expected .

The situation forces the player to start a new treatment. Asencio has already completed several sessions in Valdebebas with the aim of relieving and recovering the affected area . If the progress is not as expected, the alternative will be to undergo surgery and face an estimated absence of between six and eight weeks.

Last attempt before the operating room

The problem goes back a long way . The tibia already affected the final stretch of last season, when injuries were hitting the Real Madrid squad especially hard. At that time, Asencio decided not to stop . The team needed center-backs and he stepped up even though the risk was obvious. "I'm not stopping now, no way" , he even said when the possibility of stopping was raised. A decision as brave as it was risky, because the player put his body on the line at a time when the team was going through an extreme situation .

The solution then was to look for a middle path that would allow him to keep competing. Asencio underwent a minimally invasive treatment aimed at removing abnormal cells in the area of the tibia scar , where a poorly healed callus had formed. The healing was not adequate and could end up weakening the bone to the point of turning the fissure into a fracture . The medical staff then opted for a treatment that would buy time and avoid immediate surgery. Asencio was able to continue helping the team.

The rest did not close the wound

With the end of the season, it was time to rest. The plan during the summer was simple: rest, recovery, and let the passage of time allow the area to heal . The expectation was that the tibia would respond to the rest after months of strain. But that has not happened. Asencio's situation has worsened and the tibia has once again become a threat to his season . The problem may have been aggravated by the quadriceps injury, also in the same leg, which has forced him to modify his workload and his training during the preseason .

Now the player faces one last attempt before making a much more drastic decision . The treatment is already underway in Valdebebas and the first sessions have already been completed. The aim is to unload the area and get it to respond without the need for surgery. The margin, however, is slim. If the treatment does not work, Asencio will have to undergo surgery and would be out of action for around two months . An especially hard blow for the center-back at the start of a season in which Mourinho cannot count on his entire defense.