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Man Utd confirm Ugarte knee ligament damage
Key takeaways
- Ugarte suffered the injury playing for Uruguay at the World Cup
- Chief football news reporter Manchester United have confirmed that midfielder Manuel Ugarte suffered a knee ligament injury in Uruguay's World Cup defeat to Spain in Guadalajara on Friday.
- Ugarte twisted awkwardly as he tried to make a tackle in the build-up to Spain's winning goal and had to be taken off the pitch on a stretcher.
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Ugarte suffered the injury playing for Uruguay at the World Cup
Chief football news reporter Manchester United have confirmed that midfielder Manuel Ugarte suffered a knee ligament injury in Uruguay's World Cup defeat to Spain in Guadalajara on Friday.
Ugarte twisted awkwardly as he tried to make a tackle in the build-up to Spain's winning goal and had to be taken off the pitch on a stretcher.
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