Sports doctor Dmytro Babelyuk, known for diagnosing football players' injuries from just a TV picture, commented on the injury of Ukrainian striker of Italy’s «Roma,» which he sustained in yesterday’s Italian championship match against «Udinese» (2:0), and could not continue the game.
«Roma» doctors provide assistance to Artem Dovbyk during the match with «Udinese»«Dovbyk’s injury is not obvious.
I tried to figure out what exactly caused Dovbyk’s injury and how serious it is, but the mechanism is not apparent.
A minute before Artem felt discomfort, he struck with his left foot — this could have been the trigger. Later he felt pain in the area of the attachment of the straight thigh muscle in a struggle with the opponent. He tried to run it off and understand it, but asked for medical help.
The biggest clue is Artem’s behavior and the area he pointed to. It’s not like the hip joint, it seems more likely to be the tendon of the straight thigh muscle. Whether it’s a bruise, a sprain, or a reaction to stress is also unclear.
I believe Artem will come to the national team’s camp, and there the doctors will decide whether he can help the team, but the fact that he came off immediately may indicate an existing injury.
Truth, respect to Artem for deciding to step off and not worsen the situation before important national team matches.
We hope for the best and that everything will be okay,» Babelyuk wrote on his Telegram channel.
