It rains in Juventusindeed spills over: Maccabi Haifa’s home defeat not only widens the rift into which the Bianconeri have been sinking since the start of the season, making qualification for the second round of the Champions League a distant mirage, it also brings with it one more bad news from ‘Angel Di Maria injuryprobably the only player in the black and white shirt capable of lighting a spark in the darkness of Allegri’s team’s pitch at this moment.
The 34-year-old Argentinian stopped about twenty minutes into the match in Israel, touching his right thigh flexors. An image that soon made it clear that he would soon be leaving the field, replaced by Milik. Juve will return to Italy this afternoon and Di Maria will undergo diagnostic tests tomorrow, with the hope that the injury – if confirmed – will be first-degree, which would mean a month off or something less, perhaps allowing for his use in the match. . with Inter on 6 November. However, the most realistic hypothesis is that 2022 with Fideo’s Juventus shirt is already over and in Italy it will be possible to see him on the pitch again next year..
Another issue is the World Cup that starts on November 20: Argentina coach Scaloni is crossing his fingers on investigations that will clarify the injury. A stoppage of 40 days or more would be devastating for both the player and the team of which he is a mainstay, not to mention another star like Dybala is equally at risk of losing following his injury at Roma-Lecce.
For Di Maria this is the third injury in just two months at Juve: first the problem with the adductor in the left thigh in the debut against Sassuolo, then the outbreak in the same area during the match against Fiorentina. Since the beginning of the season, the former Real and PSG player has already missed four games due to injury, to which the two must be added due to the disqualification received after being sent off against Monza. Now the absences will increase even more after this last problem in the right thigh and the player’s thinking is all designed for the World Cup, which he absolutely doesn’t want to miss.
The tournament in Qatar will be the last great opportunity for the generation of Messi and his teammates – who finally broke the ice last year by winning the Copa America – to triumph in a World Cup: not showing up at the start would be a great pain for a player who has never lost so many games at PSG in recent seasons. How much Di Maria and those close to him are looking forward to the World Cup with all their soul, proves it the touching story posted overnight by the player’s wife, Jorgelina Cardoso: “There’s still a blank page to write… I love you so much“.
The blank page is clearly the World Cup, probably even with that thought in his head yesterday Di Maria stopped at the slightest discomfort felt in his thigh. in addition also walls, another sure call from the Albiceleste, did not appear to be doomed in Haifa, being replaced by Allegri at half-time in favor of Locatelli: a rejection as heavy as it is evident. A month after the tournament in Qatar, obviously nobody wants to lose.
Source: Fan Page IT
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