Azteca Stadium, Mexico City
More drama at the Azteca Stadium! As if the stomp on Sebastián Córdova and Chucho López’s split wouldn’t have been enough for him America The Olympics, Nicolás Benedetti was eliminated after a head clash with defender Elvis Oliva Casildo in the match that ended with a Honduran victory, but he advanced to the US quarter-finals.
The closer jumped to connect the ball, but Oliva came from behind however to also look for the round, all he found was the Eagles midfielder’s neck, who remained motionless on the lawn for a few seconds.
Immediately the permission of the doctors was applied for; one Olimpia player tried to help Benedetti by shaking his head, although the doctors removed him to see in person what happened while the players of America and the Honduran club waited.
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TERRIBLE HIT ON NICO BENEDETTI!#LigaCampeonesxFOX The Colombian player ended up knocked out on the field after the header to the back of the neck that Elvin Casildo gave him.
Fortunately Bendetti is doing well and I will keep playing pic.twitter.com/kJQvz6C02i
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Benedetti is ‘salty’ with the injuries
A Benedetti luck hasn’t followed him since he arrived at the America Ligament injuries like the ones who suffered in the Conmebol Pre-Olympic last year and a COVID-19 contamination marked him, along with countless muscle problems who have marginalized him from many parties.
Fortunately this time Benedetti returned to the field a few minutes later and fulfilled the rest of the time, in which the America finally asked for the time to advance to the quarter-finals with a 2-2 aggregate, but favored by the visitor goals criterion as Ida solved it 1-2 in Honduras.