The Natural Enemy

Kaka's injury was a real problem!

The next morning after the match against Barcelona, when Yang Yang arrived at the Valdebebas Training Base, he received the news from fitness coach Francisco de Miguel, and Carlos Dias, the team doctor, confirmed it.

"After returning from Barcelona last night, we immediately went to La Moraleja Hospital and performed an arthroscopic examination on Kaka's left knee joint. It was a minimally invasive examination, but the final results weren't optimistic."

Carlos Dias's brows were tightly furrowed as well. Anyone would have a headache faced with such a major problem.

Every professional player inevitably suffered injuries. Every team had injured players. It was something everyone had grown used to.

But Kaka had joined Real Madrid for the astronomical fee of sixty-five million euros. Judging from his performances this season, Kaka had indeed played well. He had made an excellent start. Although he had yet to return to his peak, at the very least, he had shown everyone what he could unleash after integrating into Real Madrid.

The team had just thrashed Barcelona five–nil at Camp Nou. The attacking formation of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka, and Robben had displayed astonishing power, filling Real Madrid's fans with anticipation for the new season.

At a time like this, Kaka had suffered such an injury. As the team doctor, Carlos Dias was under tremendous pressure.

"His left knee is an old injury, right?" Yang Yang asked.

Kaka had mentioned it to him before. He had suffered the injury while playing for AC Milan in 2008 and had even undergone surgery. That was why Yang Yang had asked about Kaka's injury at the 2008 World Footballer of the Year awards ceremony.

"Yes. We also retrieved Kaka's old injury reports and diagnostic records. The surgery was performed in Brazil, by Lenco,