Soccer-Arsenal suffer unprecedented double injury setback, says Arteta

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Oct 12 (Reuters) - Arsenal manager ⁠Mikel Arteta said he had never known a similar situation in ⁠his seven years at the club after Piero Hincapie and ‌Martin Zubimendi were injured in a post-match training session after their Premier League win over Leeds United.

Hincapie, 24, came on in the 82nd minute as Arsenal won 2-1 against ​Leeds on Saturday, while Zubimendi, 27, was an ⁠unused substitute. Both players are ⁠now doubts for Arsenal's Champions League clash against Lille on Tuesday.

"It's never ⁠happened ‌in seven years I've been here. It could happen in the training session the next day," Arteta told reporters on Monday.

"It's ⁠happened now and hopefully it doesn't happen again, but ​what can you ‌do?"

The Spaniard said the pair were injured during an additional session ⁠arranged for players ​who did not get enough minutes against Leeds.

"We had a training session planned after the match for everyone that didn't get enough minutes, and in two ⁠unfortunate actions we lost two players," he ​said.

"They'll have further scans to see where they are and we'll have that time frame for how long they are going to be out for."

Arteta ⁠said the extra work was necessary to ensure squad players were ready when called upon.

"If they never train, they don't get injured. The consequence of that is when you ask them to play they have no rhythm ​and no impact in the game," he ⁠said.

Hincapie has made three Premier League appearances off the bench this season but ​started Arsenal's Champions League win over Napoli ‌last month. Zubimendi has also largely featured ​as a substitute, making five league appearances from the bench this campaign.

(Reporting by Paras J. Haji in BengaluruEditing by Christian Radnedge)

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10 月 12 日（路透社）——阿森纳主教练米克尔·阿尔特塔表示，在球队战胜利兹联的英超联赛后，皮耶罗·欣卡皮耶和马丁·祖比门迪在赛后训练中受伤，在他执教俱乐部的七年里，从未遇到过类似的情况。

24岁的欣卡皮耶在周六阿森纳2-1战胜利兹联的比赛中于第82分钟替补登场，而27岁的祖比门迪则未获得出场机会。这两名球员目前都因能否出战周二阿森纳对阵里尔的欧冠比赛存疑。

“我在这里七年了，这种情况从未发生过。但明天的训练课上就可能发生，”阿尔特塔周一告诉记者。

“事情已经发生了，希望不会再发生，但是又能怎么办呢？”

这位西班牙人表示，这两名球员是在为那些在对阵利兹联的比赛中上场时间不足的球员安排的额外训练课上受伤的。

他说：“我们原本计划在赛后为所有上场时间不足的球员安排一次训练，但不幸的是，我们因此失去了两名球员。”

“他们会接受进一步的扫描，以确定他们的位置，然后我们才能知道他们需要休息多久。”

阿尔特塔表示，额外的训练是必要的，以确保球队球员在被需要时做好准备。

“如果他们从不训练，就不会受伤。但这样一来，当你让他们上场比赛时，他们就找不到节奏，也无法对比赛产生影响，”他说。

欣卡皮本赛季在英超联赛中替补出场三次，但上个月在阿森纳战胜那不勒斯的欧冠比赛中首发出场。祖比门迪也大多以替补身份出场，本赛季在联赛中替补出场五次。

（帕拉斯·J·哈吉在班加罗尔报道，克里斯蒂安·拉德内奇编辑）

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