Asensio to miss most of 2019/20 season as Real Madrid confirm ACL rupture and surgery
Real Madrid star Marco Asensio could miss the whole of the 2019-20 campaign, after suffering torn knee ligaments in the pre-season friendly game against Arsenal.
The Spain international went down under a challenge with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the second half of the International Champions Cup game in Washington - having scored for Real moments before.
A tearful Asensio was taken off on a stretcher and immediately driven to hospital, leaving manager Zinedine Zidane to concede his worry for the 23-year-old Spaniard.
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“We're a little worried (by Asensio),” admitted Zidane. "It's the knee. He went straight to the hospital to get tested and see. But it looks bad.
"It's the bad thing of the day for us. because we...