TURIN. The injury emergency does not stop at Juventus. After renouncing Dybala, Chiellini, Rugani, Bernardeschi and Chiesa in the away match in Vila-real, recovering Bonucci only in extremis, the bianconeri last night also recorded the injuries of Alex Sandro and McKennie during the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. And that’s not good news for Allegri: the former will have to sit still for at least 10 days, while the American midfielder will be back in 2 months. In addition, Kaio Jorge, today on the pitch with the Juventus Under 23, came out in tears and on a stretcher from the field after a knee problem: the diagnostic tests performed this afternoon at the J | Medical, informs the Juventus club, highlighted ” the rupture of the patellar tendon of the right knee ». The Brazilian striker will have to be operated on, the season is over for him.
Alex Sandro was substituted in the interval with a muscle problem which was evaluated today in Turin. Alex Sandro reported “a low-grade lesion of the soleus muscle of the left leg”. McKennie has made new medical examinations after the X-rays of his left foot taken last night in the hospital of the Spanish city. The fight in the 81st minute with Estupinan was very hard, the medical staff supported him to take him off the pitch, and the fracture of the second and third metatarsus was recorded. «Further investigations at J | Medical – reads the club statement – confirmed the presence of a compound fracture of the II and III metatarsal bone of the left foot. Recovery times are about 8 weeks ».
The emergency is total and on Saturday there is the away match in Empoli and in a week the semi-final of the Italian Cup with Fiorentina: the list of unavailable players gets longer.