Vitor Roque suffered a new setback in his eventful process of adaptation to Spanish football. This Wednesday, Real Betis confirmed that 'Tigrinho' will be out, at least, for the next three games of the team led by Manuel Pellegrini due to a sprained left ankle suffered on Monday in the duel against Mallorca (Andalusian defeat by 1 -2). Timóteo's man left the field in the 69th minute walking with difficulty and, in principle, he would be out for about 2 weeks.
"Following the tests carried out by the club's medical services on our player Vítor Roque, a low-grade sprain of the internal ligament of his left ankle has been confirmed," explained the 'green and white' team in the official medical report of the forward on loan from the club. FC Barcelona with purchase option. With this, Roque will be safely absent for the duels against Las Palmas (Thursday), Espanyol (Sunday) and the debut in the Conference League next week against Legia de Warsaw.
Vitor Roque could also miss the first Seville derby of the season
For Betis, the objective with 'Tigrinho' is to recover him in time for the first derby of the season against Sevilla, next Sunday, October 6. The duel at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán will be the last before the next national team break, where 'Tigrinho' aims to return to coach Mano Menezes' squad in the Brazilian U-20. At the moment, the forward has scored 1 goal in 4 League games (2 as a starter, with 216 minutes) and, beyond having wasted several opportunities inside the area, Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed his confidence in Timóteo.
"He is 19 years old, he lacks training because he has significant future potential. He has missed many goals, if he had scored them our position in the table would be different, but he wouldn't be here either. They will come in, first we have to generate them and he is generating," commented the Chilean coach in the press conference prior to the clash against Las Palmas. Betis has a purchase option for 25 million euros that can be made effective in 2025 or 2026, if they decide to extend the loan for one more year.