While on loan at his last team, Melbourne City, Marco Tilio of Celtic had a hamstring tendon injury. As a rWhile on loan at his last team, Melbourne City, Marco Tilio of Celtic had a hamstring tendon injury. As a result, he may miss upesult, he may miss up to six weeks of football.
The Olyroos’ West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U23 Championship later this month would be affected by Tilio’s absence for at least four weeks. A doubt for April’s U23 Asian Cup, which doubles as Olympic qualifying, is the Celtic loanee.
According to Australian publication thewest.com.au, coach Aurelio VIdmar stated, “Last week it was soreness and then when he came back into training, when we were pushing a little bit, he kept feeling something in his hamstring.”
We had him rescanned, and the results showed that he has a mild hamstring tendon problem. Yes, he will be gone for a little while. We’re not sure at this point; it might take up to six weeks.
“He’s already feeling better, I think the symptoms will probably get better very, very quickly, but then it’s about how explosive he can get in a short space of time, I’m no expert, but it’s not that easy. So minimum will be four weeks I’d say but we just have to wait and see.”
It is a frustrating development for Tilio who re-joined Melbourne City on loan and was just finding his feet back at his old club after struggling at Celtic. He’s obviously disappointed and frustrated. It’s been a tough year but unfortunately, these are the sorts of things that can happen in your career.
“He’s still 22 years old, he’s still got a long way to go in his career. He’s got 10 years plus and unfortunately you’re going to have these bumpy periods. But he’s pretty headstrong, obviously disappointed, but all he can do is rehab it and get himself back as quickly as possible. And the timeframe is very short anyway, we have eight games – not a hell of a lot of time.”
Yesterday, Tilio’s teammate Liel Abada signed a contract to join MLS team Charlotte FC, after leaving Celtic with a £10 million transfer price.
