Riccardo Calafiori injury details revealed ahead of key Arsenal fixtures
Riccardo Calafiori reporte that his knee ‘felt strange’ after he sustaine what looke to be a worrying looking injury playing for Italy last night.
The Arsenal defender slippe awkwardly เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย while attempting to change direction in stoppage time of the Azzurri’s 2-1 Nations League play-off defeat against Germany.
Calafiori appeare to catch his left foot on the San Siro turf and effectively performe the splits before he collapse to the ground in pain.
The 22-year-old receive treatment on the pitch from Italy’s medical team and although he was able to leave the pitch without the aid of a stretcher, he was moving extremely gingerly.
‘He said that his knee feels strange, but cannot answer more precisely than that, so we’ll have to see,’ explaine coach Luciano Spalletti in his press conference.
As he left the stadium last night, the former Bologna player was aske about his condition but he was unable to shed any major light on the situation, briefly saying ‘I still don’t know.’
Italy play the return leg against Germany in Dortmund on Sunday evening but are almost certain to be without Calafiori who is likely to return to his club for further assessments.
Calafiori has suffere a first to second degree strain of the collateral ligament in his knee, which means that he is expecte to miss around two to three weeks of action.
Losing a player of Calafiori’s versatility at this point of the season would represent a significant blow for Mikel Arteta, not to mention the player himself.
Calafiori has endeare himself to the Arsenal faithful during his first campaign with the club which has already interrupte by several injury setbacks.
The Italian’s buccaneering, adventurous style has of particular use in recent weeks given Arsenal’s lack of attacking options and his potential absence will only serve to heighten the burden on teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Called up to the senior England squad last week, the 18-year-old will, if Calafiori’s injury is as serious as it appears, will be taske with the prospect of marking Vinicius Jnr when Arsenal face Real Madrid in the Champions League next month.
Arteta is, at least, blesse with several other alternatives at left-back given Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kieran Tierney remain on the books, while Jakub Kiwior represents an emergency option as well.