Wednesday, November 13, 2024 -Real Madrid youngster Marc Cucalon has retired from football.
He retired at the age of 19 after falling victim to a rare infection in
2022.
This is according to Sportskeeda.
Cucalon, born in Zaragoza, would not continue playing football after a
two-year battle with the bacterial infection in his knee.
The midfielder was captain of the club’s Juvenil A team in 2022 and
played alongside the now-Como star Nico Paz in the academy.
Recall that Cucalon suffered a ruptured ACL following a heavy tackle
when Los Blancos’ U-19 team faced Celtic in the UEFA Youth League in Glasgow,
Scotland in September 2022.
He was 17 years old then, but never returned to a football pitch
afterwards.
He underwent surgery to fix the problem, only for bacteria to infiltrate
the cartilage used to replace the ACL during the surgery.
This led to a rare infection, which has prevented the midfielder from
carrying out any physical exercise on his knee since then.
Cucalon was very highly rated in La Fabrica, where his technical
qualities on the ball saw him likened to Xabi Alonso.
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