‘El Tigre’ Falcao played after almost two months of his last injury

After two months of inactivity due to a right thigh injury, Radamel Falcao García played in the final 9 minutes of the match between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor, that was played on Saturday for the 15th date of the Turkish super league, and that the Colombian team won 2 goals to 0.

The goals were scored by the Turkish midfielder Arda Turán, in the 44th minute at the end of the first half, and by striker Ogulcan Caglayan, also Turkish, who scored in the 55th minute, at the beginning of the second half.

In the match, which was played at the Şenol Güneş stadium in the Turkish city of Trabzon, Galatasaray was the team that dominated the game with 53 percent possession of the ball, in addition to finishing 12 times, four of them to the arc.

The scorer of the Colombian National Team replaced striker Caglayan in the 85th minute, in the auction of the match that was already assured.

Thus Galatasaray became the leaders of the Turkish super league after scoring 29 points with this victory. But also the team in which the Colombian plays has had excellent performance so far in the tournament, accumulating 9 games in which he has obtained victory, 2 in which they tied and only 3 in those who have lost, in which they reached 25 goals in favor and 10 against.

‘The tiger’ was summoned last Friday, December 25, by the Galatasary coach, Fatih Terim, after he recovered from an injury that had him off the court since last October 24, when Galatasaray beat Erzurumspor 2 goals.

In that game ‘El tigre’ had an assist and scored the second goal with which his team sealed the victory. However, in that match the Colombian was sent off in the 73rd minute.

Later It was reported that during training Falcao suffered a second degree strain with bleeding in the upper right anterior muscle group, what prevented him from being summoned by Carlos Queiroz, then coach of the Colombian National Team, for the matches in which the national team ended up thrashing 3-0 in Barranquilla against Uruguay, and 6-1 against Ecuador in Quito in the elections for a place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The return to the courts of the Colombian striker was in the air, after last Wednesday, December 23, photos of ‘El tigre’ participating in training were published of the team from the Turkish capital in which he was seen with a big smile in the sports work he did with his teammates.

The previous day, in Galatasaray they had pronounced on the physical condition of the Colombian. “He continued his treatment and with the field adaptation studies in the program that they prepared for him, after participating with the team in the warm-up department”, said the club through a statement.

But also The forward had to miss eight games with Galatasaray, however, with these minutes that he played against Trabzonspor, it is expected that ‘El Tigre’ will be taken into account for the next game that will be against Antalyaspor on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at the Türk Telekom stadium in Istanbul, the capital of Turkey.

Thus In the country, the hope is kept that Radamel Falcao García can get in shape so that he is taken into account for the matches of the Colombia team against Brazil and Paraguay that will be played in March for the qualifying rounds to Qatar.

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