Dybala, from tears to the diagnosis of his injury

At the end of Sunday’s match against Cagliari, Paulo Dybala underwent medical tests that ruled out a serious injury to his left knee after a harsh challenge he received in the first half, although the Argentine playmaker will be out almost a month.

The tears that accompanied Dybala when he had to be replaced In the 36th minute of the match they did not predict a good result for the world champion, but the first reports in the local media indicated that he only suffered a collateral strain in his left knee, an injury far from the dreaded ligament tears.

His day-to-day evolution will mark his return to the playing fields, but these types of injuries usually heal in about a month.

Dybala’s main goal in the calendar is, cutting deadlines, the match against Inter on October 29 in Serie A, although it will certainly be against Lecce the following match day where he will be available for Jose Mourinho.

The time of injury

In the 34th minute, the Argentine world champion received the entry of the Italian Matteo Prati, who came forward to touch the ball but ended up hitting Dybala in the knee while spinning, quickly causing him to fall, in pain, to the ground.

He tried to play again but, after two minutes and under the watchful eye of the Portuguese José Mourinho, coach of the ‘gianlorossi’, Dybala cried again on the groundknowing that he could not continue playing.

In fact, Mourinho was clear at the end of the match: “We have to wait for the results of the tests, but I have a lot of confidence in the players and in their knowledge of their bodies. Paulo is not optimistic and neither am I.”

Another loss for Mourinho

In this way, Roma increases the players in the infirmary, where in addition to Dybala there is an English Tammy Abraham and Chris Smalling, the Italian Lorenzo Pellegrini and the Portuguese Renato Sanches.

Dybala, therefore, was left out of Argentina’s squad for the South American qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay.