COLE FACES BATTLE FOR FITNESS.JOE COLE Joseph "Joe" John Cole (born November 8, 1981 in Romford, East London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Premier League and the England national team. is still batttling his way back to full fitness. Chelsea and England star Cole missed the final four months of the 2008-09 season with anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. damage and suffered a setback in his recovery programme when he needed knee surgery which forced him out of the club's pre-season tour of the United States and made him a major doubt for the start of the new season. The 27-year-old also ruptured the cruciate ligament cruciate ligament ligamentum cruciatum genus Sports anatomy Either of 2 major ligaments which form a cross in the knee joint, ensuring proper movement; the anterior CL is more susceptible to injury and rupture than the posterior, which is deeper in the joint. in the FA Cup third-round. Cole said: "The main thing for me is last season I started with niggles and my natural way was to keep trying and wanting to help the lads, but I never got myself fit." "In the end the knee went so I learned a lesson and will play games when I feel strong and ready. "There is no rush, as far as I am concer ned. |
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