Knee injuries plague women's football | The Express Tribune
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PARIS: The timely return of Alexia Putellas means the best player on the planet will feature at the Women's World Cup but a host of leading names will miss the party in Australia and New Zealand due to an ongoing plague of serious knee injuries. Spain's Putellas, 29, missed last year's European Championship in England after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. She spent over nine months out but retained the Women's Ballon d'Or and The Best FIFA Women's Player award while absent before returning in April. Putellas then played a part in Barcelona's recent UEFA Champions League triumph and has since come back into the Spain team in time for their World Cup campaign. She is one of the lucky ones. Holders the United States are diminished by the loss of Mallory Swanson to a torn patella tendon in her left knee, while midfielder Catarina Macario did not overcome a torn ACL in time. European champions England are without s...