Pablo Gozálbez targets Arouca return after muscle injury
Arouca playmaker Pablo Gozálbez is using the long international break to recover from a muscle injury, aiming to be fit for the 11 October home game with E. Amadora.
Pablo Gozálbez is using the longer than usual international break to recover from a muscle injury, with Arouca's next league fixture, at home to E. Amadora on 11 October, as his target.
The Spanish playmaker was hurt in the game against Santa Clara and missed the trip to Alvalade. Record reports that he wants to clear the problem as quickly as possible so that he is available when the Liga Betclic resumes.
He had started three matches in a row before the injury. He won that place before Hyunju Lee, Arouca's choice in the first three rounds, left in early September to join South Korea's under-23 squad.
If Gozálbez is fit by 11 October, he may come straight back into a midfield he had started to make his own. If not, Arouca may have to go on without him for another round.
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