The Argentine player Enzo Barrenechea underwent surgery to the left knee, in order to treat a rupture of the medial meniscus. Benfica's athlete will be down in the midfield of Marco Silva.
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22/09/2026
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ANDnzo Barrenechea will be low in the middle field of Benfica after the emblem of the eagles have announced that surgery to break the medial meniscus of the left knee, this evening of Tuesday.
“Sport Lisboa and Benfica informs that the athlete Enzo Barrenechea was submitted, on Tuesday, September 22, to a left knee arthroscopy for treatment of medial meniscus rupture. The operation, which was successful, was carried out at the Hospital da Luz, with follow-up of the Medical Department of SL Benfica ", communicated the club incarnated in official note.
The expected stop time for the Argentine average was not revealed, with the Sports to Minute tried to confirm, but no response so far, but it is not expected that you will step on the lawn again before the end of the current calendar year.
Barrenechea had already been low at the meeting of the Classic between FC Porto and Benfica, which ended with a 3-1 defeat for Marco Silva's team, who will have to live without his jersey five in the coming times, even though he has almost three weeks to decide who can replace him among the members of the incarnated squad.
It should be noted that the former English player of Aston Villa had been a key player for Marco Silva since the beginning of the season, and he was appointed as one of the transferable players at the end of the season, but the arrival of the Portuguese coach took a turn in his situation. Enzo Barrenechea was the holder in seven of the first eight games that Benfica held during this season.
The Argentinean, who even received great praise from Marco Silva on August 7, formed half-field duo with Leandro Barreiro in the first games of the time... until João Palhinha was hired. The international average by Portugal, hired to Bayern Munich for 14 million euros, plus 5 in goals, picked up the Portuguese coach's elect and took space from the Argentinean. Palhinha, moreover, debuted precisely for the place of the Argentinean, who was injured at the minute 31 of the meeting at the Stadium of Light before Estoril.
Enzo Barrenechea arrived at Benfica last summer on loan from the English of Aston Villa, in a business that provided for a mandatory purchase clause valued at 12 million euros and that incarnates had to pay already this summer.
In his debut season in Luz, he scored two goals and made an appearance in 43 games and won the Super Cup Cândido de Oliveira.
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