Lisandro Martinez nightmare goes from bad to worse as manager confirms Man United injury blow

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The first few days of the November international break have been extremely tough for Lisandro Martinez.

Lisandro Martinez starred in Ruud van Nistelrooy’s final game in charge as Manchester United beat Leicester City 3-0.

Martinez was named in team of the week alongside three teammates after the Red Devils put on an emphatic display to beat the Foxes.

The 26-year-old endured a slow start to the season, but there are now signs that Martinez and Matthijs de Ligt are forming a solid partnership in the heart of defence.

That will be music to the ears of new head coach Ruben Amorim, who is expected to implement a 3-4-3 system at United with three centre-backs at the foundation of his team.

Lisandro Martinez suffers nightmare start to international duty

Martinez will hope to work his way into Amorim’s plans at United but before they got the chance to meet at Carrington he jetted out to international duty.

The Argentina star was one of 14 United players called up for international duty in November, with Martinez making the trip to South America to play his part in his nation’s World Cup qualifiers.

However, during his journey, Martinez was stranded at an airport for 30 hours in Brazil alongside teammates Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Enzo Fernandez and Facundo Buonanotte.

In what was a disastrous start to his international break, it meant Martinez was late to meet up with the rest of the Argentina squad in Paraguay ahead of their match on Thursday night.

Now, Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that things have gone from bad to worse.

Manager confirms injury blow for Lisandro Martinez

After his delayed arrival with the Argentina squad, Martinez has been ruled out of action with a hip injury.

Scaloni spoke to the media ahead of Argentina’s match with Paraguay and revealed that Martinez has suffered an unexpected injury.

As quoted by infobae, Scaloni said: “We did not expect Lisandro’s case. We saw that he had suffered a blow to the back, but apparently he had no problem, just pain.

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“When he arrived here, the pain increased a little, he had tests done and he is not in condition to be back.”

Martinez now faces a race to return to fitness before Amorim’s first match against Ipswich Town later this month.