Ryo Miyaichi (29), a Japanese national team FW who belongs to Yokohama F. Marinos, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last month when he played in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2022 (former East Asian Football Championship) final tournament against South Korea. Korea representative DF Kim Jinsu (30), who was involved in contact play with the same player, apologized to Ryo Miyaichi. On the 17th, the Korean newspaper “Chosun Ilbo” reported.
Ryo Miyaichi returned to the Japanese national team for the first time in about 10 years at the E-1 Championship. In the match against South Korea on the 27th, he took to the pitch midway through the second half, but was injured when he collided with Kim Jin-soo in the opponent’s penalty area in the 76th minute. He underwent surgery at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on the 4th of this month, and is expected to take eight months to fully recover.
He has played for several European clubs, including Arsenal, Bolton, Feyenoord and St. Pauli. However, due to ligament damage in his right ankle and torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, he underwent multiple surgeries. As he has been dealing with his injury for a long time, he received many encouraging comments from Japanese football fans after his injury in the match against South Korea.
Among them, Kim Jin-soo came to Japan again to face the AFC Champions League final tournament as a member of Jeonbuk Hyundai. According to the report of “Chosun Ilbo”, at the press conference on the day before the first round match against Daegu FC, “I have already apologized to Ryo Miyaichi. ‘ commented. It is said that he revealed that he had already apologized to Ryo Miyaichi.
Regarding the injury of Ryo Miyaichi this time, former Japan national team FW Shinji Okazaki (36) posted on his Twitter account, “Miyaichi’s injury this time is different from before. There was contact and the right leg remained, and I was stuck. I think it’s really frustrating for him.However, the fact that he returned to the national team after suffering such an injury.I want Miyaichi, who returned to Japan and repeated training and made a full recovery, to change his confidence.And the Japanese football world is wasting the experience of players. Don’t do it.”
“I don’t want you to waste your experience. I want you to analyze why you got injured and how you recovered completely, and give it back to the next generation. And of course, how Miyaichi will overcome it from now on. Maybe I’ll go
“Miyaichi is not the only player who suffers from knee injuries over and over again. I want to do it, and I’m sure I’ll come back stronger, but I just want you to analyze the Japanese football world.”