Alianza goalkeeper reveals that he received threats after injuring Gonzalo Lencina

The injury of the Pereira attacker Gonzalo Lencina continues to be the center of debate, after it was known that he suffered knee ligament damage, after the collision with the Alianza goalkeeper, Jaime Mora, in the match played last Sunday for matchday 5 of the Colombian League.

“Lencina presents a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of his right knee. In the next few days surgery will be performed and he will be placed on approximate disability,” the club reported on its X account.

The Argentine attacker could be out of action for a period of between 6 and 8 months, depending on the progress of his recovery.

The referee Wilmar Roldan He received criticism once the match was over, because he did not even show the goalkeeper a yellow card.

The goalkeeper spoke

Another of those named after what happened was the Alianza goalkeeper, Jaime Morawho was the one who ended up injuring Lencina.

The goalkeeper hasn't had easy days either, given what happened. In statements to Caracol radio he expressed: “It's a quick play. I think about going for the ball, I never go with bad intentions or hurt Gonzalo. Unfortunately we crashed. I'm also hurt.”

“I don't see it as recklessness, they are game situations. I thought I would anticipate the play. I asked him if he was okay… We both went with vehemence,” he added.

“I left him a message of strength because one does not want to go through these moments. I wrote to him that he asked to count on me. And to apologize to the Pereira fans who do not understand what their game is,” he said.

However, the goalkeeper has been accused of what happened. To the point that he reported having received harassment. “My family and I have received threats and intimidating messages, but we have to live with it. “Let people be aware that it was not what I wanted.”

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