City and Guardiola are prudent about Rodri’s possible return

LONDON.- “I am not a doctor,” the coach of the Manchester City, Pep Guardiolabefore the questions about a possible anticipated return of Rodri, the current Golden Ball, seriously injured in a knee in September.

“We are very happy that Rodri has returned to training. As soon as the physiotherapist and the doctor says ‘Rodri can start playing a few minutes,’ he will begin to play again. But it is the doctors who must tell me,” Guardiola said in a press conference.

The 28 -year -old broke the anterior cross ligament during a match against Arsenal, on September 22.

The club initially announced that he would not play this season, but his return to training has filled the followers of Alicaido Manchester City with optimism.

Guardiola team disputes the England Cup final on May 17 and the Club World Cup in June.

“It was a difficult injury, doctors said seven to eleven months (absence), more or less. It feels really good, trains every day, but we must avoid step back or be injured again. You have to be careful,” Guardiola explained.

“The most important thing is (doing) training, then another, and feels better and better,” he said.

“Impossible,” he added, on predicting a precise date for his return to competition: “I am not a doctor,” he cut.

Rodri’s absence, European champion with Spain in 2024, has weighed a lot in City’s performance.

The club is fourth in the Premier League after 34 days, without guarantees to finish among the top five classifying positions for the Champions League.

The Citizens receive Wolverhampton on Friday on the 35th day.

The match probably comes too soon for striker Erling Haaland, injured in an ankle since the end of March, Guardiola said. “It’s better,” but “I don’t think” that he participated on Friday, he replied.

Lopetegui will lead Catar

The Spaniard Julen Lopetegui, former Spanish and former Real Madrid, was appointed at the head of the Catar selection in replacement of his compatriot Luis García, the Catarí Federation (QFA) announced Thursday.

“Ready for a new chapter. Welcome Lopetegui,” the federation announced on social networks along with a brief video of the former goalkeeper arrived at the entity’s headquarters.

The clip ends with a closed plane of the technician who declares: “I am ready.”

The 58 -year -old Spanish signed until 2027, the year of the next Asian Cup of Nations in Saudi Arabia, of which Catar is in force two -time.

Exguardameta of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ​​among others, takes the reins of Qatar in full classification campaign for the next World Cup, in 2026.

His first match at the head of the Catarí National Team will be on June 5 at home against Iran, followed by a trip on June 10 to Uzbekistan.

At the head of Spain between 2016 and 2018, he achieved 14 wins, six draws and no defeat, before briefly directing Real Madrid.