The Juventus infirmary continues to fill even before the dreaded FIFA virus as a new double day of national team matches looms. In the casualties that have already accumulated Thiago Motta, now it is added Teun Koopmeiners, who is suffering from a broken rib, as announced by the Turin club.
“Examinations carried out this morning at J|medical (Juventus medical center) revealed that Koopmeiners was suffering from a partially displaced fracture of the second right anterior rib,” explained the ‘old woman’ in her statement.
Three to four weeks vacation
The Koopmeiners will appear for an indefinite period of time since Juve has limited itself to indicating that “his return will be determined by the evolution of symptoms.”
According to the Italian newspaper, his absence could last between three and four weeks, therefore the Koopmeiners will miss the great Serie A game against Inter that will take place on October 27.
He was injured on Sunday
Koopmeiners, who He arrived this summer from Atalanta for 55 million euros, was injured on Sunday in the first half of Juve’s home draw against Cagliari (1-1).
The Dutch playmaker continued to play until half-time, before being substituted. He later joined the Netherlands team’s training camp before returning to Turin on Thursday.
The Koopmeiners haven’t scored a goal yet with Juve, but he has provided one assist in the five league and two Champions League games he has played in the ‘bianconera’ shirt since his arrival.
Bremer, Nico, Weah, Milik…
Juve, third in the Italian championship, three points behind leaders Naples, He’s already lost center Gleison Bremer for the rest of the season after suffering a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the Champions League match against Leipzig played on October 2.
In the same meeting Nico González suffered an injury to his right thigh and is expected to return to competition in early November.
In its part, Tim Weah injured in an ankle, is about to return, while the other striker, the Polish Arkadiusz Milik, He remains sidelined this season after undergoing another operation last week on his left knee.
Milik has not resolved his physical problems after undergoing surgery for the first time in June for a meniscus injury sustained in a friendly with his national team against Ukraine that ruled him out of the European Championship.
Source: La Verdad
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