{"id":2064,"date":"2026-05-11T21:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:30:38","slug":"gimenez-may-have-played-his-final-game-for-atletico-world-cup-race-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/gimenez-may-have-played-his-final-game-for-atletico-world-cup-race-is-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimenez may have played his final game for Atletico, World Cup race is on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-13.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-13-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-13-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Atletico Madrid have confirmed Jose Maria Gimenez has sustained a &#8216;high-grade&#8217; ankle sprain. With his future at the Metropolitano uncertain, the defender is sidelined for the season finale and faces a race against time for Uruguay&#8217;s World Cup opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uruguay international Jose Maria Gimenez has suffered a &#8220;high-grade sprain in his right ankle,&#8221; medical assessments have confirmed. The blow rules the Atletico Madrid stalwart out of the final three fixtures of the campaign and casts significant doubt over his availability for the start of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre-back sustained the damage in the 19th minute of Saturday&#8217;s encounter with Celta whilst throwing himself in the way of a Borja Iglesias effort. Gimenez immediately signaled to the bench that his afternoon was over. The setback forces him to miss Tuesday&#8217;s visit to Osasuna at El Sadar, along with the subsequent clashes against Girona and Villarreal. Furthermore, with the Uruguayan&#8217;s future at the club far from certain, he may have already made his final appearance as a &#8216;Colchonero&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gimenez &#8220;will undergo physiotherapy sessions and rehabilitation work in the gym, with his return to competition dictated by his progress,&#8221; Atletico Madrid announced. While the club refrained from setting a firm recovery date, injuries of this severity typically demand at least a month out of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Cup concerns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atletico&#8217;s medical department is in constant dialogue with the Uruguayan Football Association as the 2026 World Cup looms. The tournament is set to commence on June 11 across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uruguay, drawn in Group H alongside Spain, Cape Verde, and Saudi Arabia, are scheduled to open their campaign against the Saudis on June 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid have confirmed Jose Maria Gimenez has s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2066,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}