{"id":39581,"date":"2026-03-04T02:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rodrygo-to-miss-world-cup-real-madrid-and-brazil-forward-suffers-serious-knee-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T02:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T02:48:08","slug":"rodrygo-to-miss-world-cup-real-madrid-and-brazil-forward-suffers-serious-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rodrygo-to-miss-world-cup-real-madrid-and-brazil-forward-suffers-serious-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrygo to miss World Cup: Real Madrid and Brazil forward suffers serious knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brazil&#8217;s Real Madrid forward Rodrygo called it &#8220;one of the worst days of my life&#8221; after he was ruled out for the rest of the season and 2026 World Cup with a serious knee injury.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realmadrid.com\/es-ES\/noticias\/futbol\/primer-equipo\/actualidad\/parte-medico-de-rodrygo-03-03-2026\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">The 25-year-old&#8217;s club said<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> he had &#8220;been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and a rupture of the lateral meniscus of his right leg&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An ACL injury often leads to footballers missing most &#8211; and sometimes all &#8211; of a season and recovery can sometimes take even longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodrygo appeared as a second-half substitute for Real <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/c5yr5qp0jnpt#Report\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">in their defeat by Getafe<\/a> on Monday, completing the game after coming on in the 55th minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was his first appearance since a late substitute outing for the La Liga club at the start of February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;One of the worst days of my life, how much I always feared this injury,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVbt4UxAXA9\/?img_index=1\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Rodrygo wrote in a social media post.<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Maybe life has been a little cruel to me lately, I don&#8217;t know if I deserve this, but what can I complain about? How many wonderful things I&#8217;ve experienced that I didn&#8217;t deserve either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodrygo made five appearances for Brazil at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;A major obstacle has arisen in my life, in my career, which prevents me from doing what I love most for a certain period of time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m out of the rest of the season with my club and out of the World Cup with my country, a dream that everyone knows how much it means to me. And all I can do is be strong as always, this is nothing new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even though it&#8217;s a very difficult time, I promise not to stop here, I believe I still have many incredible things to experience and bring joy to everyone who trusts me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cdxzj8q9wdvo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#8217;s Real Madrid forward Rodrygo called it &#8220;one of the worst days of my life&#8221; after he was ruled out for the rest of the season and 2026 World Cup with a serious knee injury. 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