Overview

• Santos made his comeback in the 3:4 defeat to Union Berlin, his first match since the April 17 knee injury.
• An initial prognosis of at least nine months on the sidelines gave way to a return after roughly 151 days.
• A contact from Cristiano Ronaldo's circle facilitated an examination by Porto specialist Jose Carlos Noronha, who said surgery was unnecessary.
• He relocated rehabilitation to Portugal while Eintracht's medical staff and an international team regularly reviewed his progress.
• Eintracht reports he is fully fit with ideal medical values, and Santos says he feels stronger, prepared and hungrier to win.