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August 31, 2019Hard loss for Juventus who will not be able to dispose of Giorgio Chiellini again for some time. The defender from Livorno reported the distortion of the right knee during training and the diagnostic tests performed at the JMedical showed the lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament that will make surgery necessary in the coming days.

The absence is of those very heavy and, against Napoli, the Dutch De Ligt could make his debut in Serie A.

This is the umpteenth injury, the 30th to be exact, of the Tuscan player who in his long Juventus militancy had mainly suffered muscle problems except for a couple of injuries to the same ligament collateral ligament, respectively in the 2012/2013 and 2015 / 2016. Also in the 2012/2013 season the longest knockout that forced him 63 days off the pitch, from December 20th to February 21st, due to a muscle problem in a calf.

Mancini calls the Lazio Acerbi
The serious injury of Chiellini, forcing the national technical commissioner, Roberto Mancini, to review the list of players called up for competitions with Armenia and Finland. In place of the Italian captain and Juventus, Mancini has summoned Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi.