On Monday evening, Angel Di Maria was enjoying a perfect start to life at Juventus. The Argentine scored the club’s first goal of the season when he broke the deadlock against Sassuolo.
The winger also provided the assist for Dusan Vlahovic on the third goal, and was displaying his wide array of flicks and tricks much to the delight of the Allianz Stadium.
However, ecstasy soon turned into concern when the new signing left the pitch after sustaining an injury in the middle of the second period.
On Tuesday morning, the former Paris Saint Germain player underwent tests at the J-Medical centre in order to reveal the extent of the knock.
The official Juventus website has now revealed that Di Maria has sustained a low-grade lesion in the adductor which will keep him out for ten days at the very least.
The club’s statement explains that the player’s condition will be re-evaluated in 10 days. Therefore, the winger is definitely out of the Old Lady’s upcoming match against Sampdoria next Monday. He’s also likely to miss the big clash against Roma on Matchday Three.
Here is the full statement released by the club:
“Angel Di Maria underwent radiological examinations this morning at J | Medical which revealed a low-grade lesion of the adductor longus muscle of the left thigh. In 10 days he will be re-evaluated again.”
could have been worse. A injury of this kind is usually between 3 to 6 weeks. If it’s thorn, than it’s a minimum of 10 weeks off. So this is good news for us.
apparently twenty to thirty days is the estimate i read back on 18th sept from Sky Sports.
Unbelievable how everytime a new player joins the club he gets injured. I recall when Morata first joined Juventus he got an injury that kept him away for months. Someone should question Allegri’s training style or maybe they should improve the physical examination process prior to signing a player.