The Argentine striker was seriously injured in training.

Rukh striker Fabrizio Alvarenga suffers a severe knee injury in training. This was reported by the press service of the Lviv club.

Ahead of the 26-year-old Argentine is an operation and a long rehabilitation, which will take about 6-8 months.

" The mechanism of injury is indirect, that is, the football player landed unsuccessfully on the lawn with a turn on the supporting leg. As a result, knee ligaments were damaged.. Torn anterior cruciate ligament, medial meniscus, and incomplete rupture of the medial-cololateral ligament.

The injury is pretty annoying.. Fabrizio is waiting for a long treatment. Now he is preparing for the operation, which will be done in Poland.. It will take place in two weeks.. After that, he will stay there for treatment, and then return to Lviv and we will continue to work with him on his recovery.. The approximate period of his return to the football field is 6-8 months,"

Earlier, Lviv Rukh winger Freddy Pluman commented on his transfer to the Ukrainian club.