Exequiel Palacios raises concern for Argentina after having suffered a muscular problem just three minutes into Bayer Leverkusen’s Bundesliga match against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The 26-year-old midfielder, who played in Argentina’s recent 3-0 win over Venezuela and remained on the bench against Ecuador, started for Leverkusen but quickly showed discomfort. He first went down after a challenge with Can Uzun and then again while receiving pressure from Oscar Höjlund.
Palacios briefly tried to continue but lasted only until the 13th minute, when coach Kasper Hjulmand replaced him with Aleix García.
Claudio “Diablito” Echeverri and Equi Fernández are on the bench for Leverkusen, while Alejo Sarco is absent as he trains with Argentina’s U20 squad ahead of the World Cup in Chile later this month.
Palacios injured, Equi red card, Echeverri not used. Not a good day for Argentina fans.
Equi had a great chance to show his quality as Palacios and Andrich out. But he got unnecessary cards..