In a heart breaking turn of event, Real Madrid starlet, Marc Cucalon has been forced to prematurely retire from football at the age of 19 due to injury complications.
The teenage midfielder ruptured his ACL against Celtic, and while undergoing surgery, he suffered the @tt@ck of a bacteria that crept into the cartilage of the joint and caused him a feared and rare infection.
Cucalon was one of the young prospects on whom Juvenil A coach, Alvaro Arbeloa, had very high hopes. In fact, the club legend chose the youngster as captain of his U-19 team in the 2022-23 season.
Still having difficulty doing physical exercise, the negative prognosis and medical advice have led to Cucalon’s decision to hang up his boots and focus on his rehabilitation.
The injury should have kept him away from the pitches for between six and nine months, but everything was complicated during the operation due to a bacteria he caught, which undermined the capacity of his joint.
