The 2025-26 season has been, without a doubt, the most complicated in terms of injuries for Isco Alarcon. In the last preseason game, in August of last year, he suffered a broken fibula due to a hard tackle at La Rosaleda. He was coming off a similar injury to his other leg the previous season that had forced him to undergo surgery twice. And although on this occasion the recovery met the deadlines, as soon as he returned, misfortune crossed his path again.
An accidental hit with his partner Amrabatin his first game as a starter of the season, the second in which he had minutes, led to a worrying ankle injury that left it uncertain whether he could continue playing football. “This last injury has been the worst for me because of how I have experienced it. There was a lot of uncertainty. They even told me that they didn’t know if I would be able to play again and that makes you fight against many demons,” he acknowledged. Isco last weekend in an exclusive interview on MARCA.
After many months of working in the shadows, the man from Malaga, “with medication and punctures”, was able to play again. He participated in several of the last matches of League of his team, in which the Betis certified his return to Champions League more than twenty years later. “I see that I am getting out of the hole I was in a little bit. I see the light, I see the path close to enjoying football again,” explained the Betic captain. And so that the steps forward he has taken in this time do not stop there, he made a decision about his preparation.
A plan like Bellerín’s in 2025
Instead of going on vacation and disconnecting with the rest of his teammates (with the exception of the seven World Cup players who are concentrated with their respective teams), Isco He decided to continue working for a few more days before resting. He was exercising last week at the facilities of the Luis del Sol Sports Cityand as ABC reported yesterday, it is expected that he will continue doing so for a few more days with the aim of continuing to improve his physical condition and that the good feelings of recent weeks are not stopped cold.
It is a similar work plan, in terms of dates, to the one carried out last summer by his colleague Hector Bellerinwho was coming back from an injury and delayed his vacation to advance his recovery. The most important thing for Isco is to find a way to make the ankle pain he has suffered since that last injury disappear. And from there, continue taking steps forward in his physical preparation with the aim of returning at the beginning of July with the counter at zero and trying to continue contributing all his talent to a Betis of Champions.