Lukaku’s long injury: After 40 days, no one knows for sure when he’ll be back

He had to skip 3-4 matches due to a muscle strain, there are already 9 in which Inter had to do without Big Rom. And he will likely have to wait even longer before seeing him on the field again.

Author: Alessio Pediglieri

Romelu Lukaku he had to come back after three or four stoppage games. So, the news that leaked out of Appiano was his availability right after the break for the selections, in the match against Roma at San Siro. That’s why the attempt to have him at least for the away game with Sassuolo, finally now it is expected that he can be included among the squads of Simone Inzaghi for the championship game against Salernitana next Sunday, October 16th. In between, hopes dashed to see him in the Champions League if not against Viktoria Plzen then at least in one of the two central games against Barcelona. Instead, nothing.

the absence of great rom becomes increasingly deafening by the week, as Simone Inzaghi is forced to marry the classic dried figs of a small department where Lautaro Martinez and Edin Dzeko are being squeezed repeatedly given the precarious conditions of Joaquin Correa as well. All this at the expense of serenity and continuity of action that weighs heavily both on the dynamics of managing the efforts of the various actors when it is only at the beginning of October, and on the duty at all costs to maintain the high goal. Without the Belgian giant everything was complicated, not being able to count on valid alternatives in moments of greater stress.

The consequences are in plain sight with Inter clearly at the end of the league, where they have already scored 4 defeats in 9 days, while in the Champions League they are trying to pull off the feat by asking the group to find hidden energies that can overcome the obstacle. of an almost impossible group. Of course, it’s not Lukaku’s absence that affected this first part of the Nerazzurri so strongly, where the problems were also different, but certainly its presence would probably have allowed for a few more results. Also because it was the flagship of the market last summer in the name of self-financing in which, in the attack, mainly the exit operations were carried out.

Thus, Lukaku will remain to watch his teammates on TV also for the next very delicate trip to Catalonia against Barcelona, ​​where Inter’s European path will likely be decided. It has been doing this since August 30th, when the company announced a “muscle tension found in morning workout” with further investigation they had “highlighted a distraction of the left thigh flexors”. Since then, a re-education process that has continued beyond all expectations to the present day with Big Rom that he has never been on the field for even a group practice in the last month and all this suggests that the return to the cast is currently a question mark.

The Belgian giant’s physical constitution forces Lukaku to have to play and not a little to get back to the best shape. Not having completed even one training session means postponing even more, if not the effective return, the possible use in the field, without forgetting the terror of possible relapses and the shadow of the World Cup in which Belgium will also participate, now no more than 40 days apart. Suffering from a muscle problem would mean compromising them and perhaps that’s why the extreme caution around the ex-Chelsea.

In fact, however, the games they have lost between the Champions League and the Championship are much more than 3-4: there are only six in Serie A and three in the Champions League. But they are destined to rise again: against Barcelona in the second leg of the Cup there will certainly not be and with Salernitana he may perhaps appear on the bench, just to savor the atmosphere of the match. So, before the break for the World Cup, still have 7 opportunities to explore. Well, his good and Inter’s good.

Source: Fan Page IT

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