{"id":367860,"date":"2026-04-07T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367860\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:11:10","slug":"injury-update-juan-mata-melbourne-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367860\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury update: Juan Mata | Melbourne Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"952\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AMZ_5872.jpg\" class=\"attachment-xlarge_img_16_9 size-xlarge_img_16_9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-attachment-id=\"356175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/melbournevictory.com.au\/news\/injury-update-juan-mata\/amz_5872\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/melbournevictory.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/AMZ_5872.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6263,4175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ANITA MILAS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775374268&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;PHOTO ANITA MILAS&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AMZ_5872\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/melbournevictory.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/AMZ_5872.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/melbournevictory.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/AMZ_5872.jpg?w=1200\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Victory is able to provide the following update for Juan Mata.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard will undergo surgery today on a fracture to his left elbow sustained during the first half of last weekend\u2019s Isuzu UTE A-League match against Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park.<\/p>\n<p>Scans on Sunday evening confirmed the fracture, with further surgical consultations dictating the next steps.<\/p>\n<p>A-League Men\u2019s Head Coach, Arthur Diles, commented:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is disappointing to be without Juan through injury, but our priority as Melbourne Victory is supporting his recovery in every way we can. We remain hopeful of him rejoining the team during the 2025\/26 season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Victory is able to provide the following update for Juan Mata. The Spaniard will undergo surgery today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-367860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}