Vivianne Miedema feels “gutted” to have ruptured her ACL after lightning struck twice for Arsenal, with the Netherlands striker struggling the identical merciless knee harm as her associate Beth Mead.
Arsenal and Miedema confirmed the striker’s setback on Monday, with the membership saying the WSL’s all-time report goalscorer faces an “prolonged” lay-off, identical to Mead who sustained the identical blow in November.
Each may now miss the Ladies’s World Cup, which will probably be hosted by Australia and New Zealand in July and August subsequent yr.
Miedema seems to have counted herself out of the reckoning for that event, 4 days after the harm occurred in a European conflict with Lyon.
She mentioned: “It was a kind of moments, the place I knew immediately. So many issues going via your head: I received’t have the ability to assist my group anymore this season, no World Cup, surgical procedure and rehab for a very long time.”
She expects “loads of troublesome days” and mentioned there had already been tears.
Gutted to share I’ve ruptured my ACL.
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PS. I can’t wait to boss round @bmeado9 this time, not less than we’ve nonetheless received two respectable ACL’s between us pic.twitter.com/E52GAQP1GI
— Vivianne Miedema (@VivianneMiedema) December 19, 2022
The anterior cruciate ligament harm is one which requires surgical procedure and an extended restoration interval, and Arsenal’s hopes on this season’s Ladies’s Tremendous League and Ladies’s Champions League have taken a recent hit with the lack of Miedema so quickly after Mead’s setback.
Mead posted a message of help to her 26-year-old girlfriend and team-mate, saying: “STRONGER TOGETHER! I used to be given sympathy for 3 weeks and now she has to go get a few of her personal however we received this, YOU received this.”
England worldwide Mead joked that there could be “two new signings incoming”, however the jollity masks a bitter actuality for Arsenal, each gamers, and their nationwide groups.
Arsenal mentioned in an announcement: “We are able to verify that Vivianne Miedema suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament throughout our UEFA Ladies’s Champions League match in opposition to Lyon at Emirates Stadium on Thursday.
“Viv will bear surgical procedure within the coming days and can sadly be dominated out for an prolonged time period. A extra detailed timescale will probably be established as soon as the operation is full.
“Everybody at Arsenal needs Viv nicely in her restoration and will probably be offering her with all of the help she must return to motion as quickly as potential.”