Gonzalo Montiel, a defender for Nottingham Forest, made an unusual start for Argentina yesterday night, but things didn’t go as planned. The defender, who has recently struggled with playing time, had only been out for thirty minutes when an injury occurred.
Boss Lionel Scaloni gave the right back the opportunity to start the match. He had a relatively little role in Argentina’s 2-0 victory over Peru in his first game for the team since March.
Montiel’s night ended in disappointment for him and for Forest. It’s not clear what the injury is but he was withdrawn by his international boss after just 30 minutes and now he’ll be assessed by the
On the performance of Forest defender Montiel, TyC Sports claimed: “He played the first half hour until he was injured. Correct to score and insistent to attack.”
Forest will hope Montiel injury isn’t serious
The Reds are about to embark on a run of tough games. Montiel was signed by Forest in the summer from Sevilla and Steve Cooper will hope that he can recover from this and it proves nothing more than a niggle.
For Montiel, this was an incredibly frustrating night. The Forest player would have like to show off his skills to Argentina once again, but the evening ended in frustration.
In both the World Cup and Europa League finals, Montiel converted the game-winning penalty. Forest will now have to wait anxiously to find out how long he is expected to be absent, but he is a guy for the big occasion.
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