Bosnia loses an important piece in the preliminaries CM 2026. Cross -ligament rupture is confirmed
Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, April 14, 2025, 11:22 / Updated Monday, April 14, 2025 11:23
Sead Kolasinac, the player with decisive pass at 1-0 for Bosnia on the National Arena, will not evolve this season for Atalanta. It is expected to return through November, to the limit for the return with the tricolors of Mircea Lucescu (November 15), but the recovery could be extended.
The defender of Atalanta and the national of Bosnia was released on Targa on Sunday, in the 45th minute of the match with Bologna (2-0). He sucked his left knee in a duel on the bottom line, trying to block a centers given by Orsolini, and the preliminary diagnosis was confirmed as a result of subsequent tests.
Meniscus affection complicates Sead Kolasinac's restoration
Kolasinac suffered a rupture of the anterior cross ligament and a radial lesion of the external meniscus of the left knee. The Italian newspapers announced immediately after the match that the season ended for Bosnian. Now there is a break for 5 to 6 months, but the fact that it was affected and the meniscus complicates things.
If it were only the ligament, it could be recovered in 6 months, which would have been at the limit for our return with Bosnia, from the World Cup preliminaries, scheduled on November 15th. But as things are, a complicated restoration is announced, which could postpone his return to the field until January.
Sead Kolasinac, crucial player for coach Sergei Barbarb
Kolasinac, 31, was one of the best players of Bosnians in Bucharest, co-author at Victoriei's goal, in the 14th minute, when he focused on Armin Gigovic for 0-1. The coach Sergei Barbarez also relies on the experience of the 31 -year -old defender.
Dennis Man, in duel with Sead Kolasinac, in Romania-Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-1 / Photo: IMAGO
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, he played with several top teams throughout his career, respectively Schalke, Arsenal and Olymique Marseille, before reaching Atalanta in 2023. He also ticked up 14 selections to Germany representatives (U18, U19, U20), and from 2013 he has evolved for Bosnia (62 selections).
The up -to -date ranking in the preliminary group of Romania
