Masuk ruled out with torn ACL
Bangladesh midfielder Masuk Mia Jonny has been ruled out of the Joint Qualifiers of the Qatar World Cup and China Asian Cup after undergoing surgery on his knee at a city hospital on Monday.
Masuk sustained the injury during the training camp for Bangladesh’s away match against Afghanistan in Dushanbe. The workhorse travelled with the team to Tajikistan despite injury but was on the sidelines in both practice matches as well as during the match against Afghanistan on September 10.
The midfielder has been an important part of the starting eleven and has played each game since British coach Jamie Day took charge of the national team in May 2018. Day also kept him in the 26-member preliminary squad for the two matches against Qatar and India.
“I underwent ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] surgery on September 23 under the supervision of Dr Nanda Kumar. It needs nine to ten months to recover fully but it depends on how you are taking care of the injury,” said Masuk over the phone from his hospital bed yesterday.
The Bangladesh national football team will play their group stage match against Oman on June 9, 2020, eight months after the home match against Qatar on October 10 in Dhaka.
“Initially I thought it was a calf-muscle injury. Later, I had an MRI following recommendations from my club, Bashundhara Kings, soon after returning from Tajikistan. The report says the ACL has torn,” added Masuk, who is likely to miss the next domestic season.
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