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River’s Maxi Meza Leaves Superclásico With Left-Knee Injury, Tests Pending

A non-contact slip on the knee he had surgically repaired in July sent him off on a stretcher with prognosis to be determined.

Overview

  • Meza went down around the 30th minute while trying to receive a cross and there was no contact from a Boca player.
  • He left the field in clear pain on a cart at La Bombonera with the match still 0-0.
  • Marcelo Gallardo replaced him with Paraguayan midfielder Matías Galarza Fonda before halftime.
  • The injury raises concern because Meza had surgery for patellar tendinopathy on the same left knee in July after roughly 140 days out and had only recently returned, including a goal against Talleres.
  • River has not released an official diagnosis as medical studies are pending, and any suggestions of a lengthy absence remain unconfirmed.