{"id":25902,"date":"2026-03-13T15:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/from-lamine-yamal-to-zidane-5-stars-who-reached-the-top-despite-puvardzia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:41:32","slug":"from-lamine-yamal-to-zidane-5-stars-who-reached-the-top-despite-puvardzia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/from-lamine-yamal-to-zidane-5-stars-who-reached-the-top-despite-puvardzia\/","title":{"rendered":"From Lamine Yamal to Zidane: 5 stars who reached the top despite Puvardzia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Lamine Yamal and Anthony, who scored the highest goals of their careers, to Zidane and Kroos, who reached an outstanding level despite suffering a horrific pubic bone injury. These players suffered from pvardzia, but then reached their “peak” in football. This injury is usually chronic and therefore very difficult to deal with, but these five soccer players knew how to overcome it.<\/p>\n
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Lamine Yamal does something in front of the camera that soccer fans rarely see<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Lamine Yamal<\/h2>\n
The most notable case is that of Barcelona’s young star Lamine Yamal. The winger managed to match his career-high scoring record. He scored 18 goals, and with his hat-trick against Villarreal (his first of his career), he managed to equal the number that earned him second place in the Ballon d’Or. He already has 20 goals, thanks to crucial goals against Athletic and Newcastle, but he has played 18 fewer games and started the season with a constant groin problem.<\/p>\n\n
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anthony<\/h2>\n
Real Betis right-winger Anthony dos Santos has scored 11 goals so far this season, his highest ever being 12 with Ajax in 2021. The Brazilian, who has been suffering from groin problems this season, has almost half the season left to break the professional soccer goal record. He clearly has the best scoring record of his career.<\/p>\n\n
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Cole Palmer<\/h2>\n
The English winger played brilliantly in the recent Club World Cup. He ended up being the winner of that tournament’s Golden Ball, leading Chelsea to the top, scoring in the final against PSG and being the best player of the final. Cole Palmer was injured before the tournament and also received a painkiller injection. Despite a constant problem with his groin, it did not prevent him from performing at his best in world-class tournaments, scoring three goals and providing two assists in six Club World Cup matches.<\/p>\n\n
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toni kroos<\/h2>\n
Former German national footballer Toni Kroos retired at one of the best moments of his career, but before he retired, he overcame a nasty pubic pain in 2021 and 2022 to reach an outstanding level. After missing a number of games at the beginning of the season, the Real Madrid midfielder finally performed at a very high level, leading Los Blancos to victory in La Liga and the Champions League, and becoming the basis of Carlos Ancelotti’s team’s play.<\/p>\n\n
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zinedine zidane <\/h2>\n
In September 2005, French legend Zinedine Zidane suffered from severe acute pubic pain accompanied by a torn right adductor muscle, which forced him to be sidelined for approximately three weeks. This chronic injury jeopardized his participation in the 2006 World Cup, but he ended up playing and becoming the star of that tournament, although he didn’t lift the trophy. He defeated teams such as Spain, Brazil and Portugal to become the competition’s Ballon d’Or winner with three goals and two assists. The headbutt against Materazian and defeat in the final against Italy made for a bittersweet ending, but it was clear that the level of the former Real Madrid player and manager at that World Cup was extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n
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All of these players managed to overcome an injury that is becoming more and more common in professional football: pvarsia. Others have had setbacks along the way, but they have come out stronger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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