MILAN (AP) — For Paulo Dybala, the enjoyment of scoring a penalty temporarily became the anguish of probably lacking the World Cup.
As the Argentina ahead became away to have a good time changing his spot kick for Roma in opposition to Lecce in Serie A on Sunday, he abruptly grimaced, clutched his left thigh, and hobbled as teammates mobbed him.
Dybala limped off the sector and looked as if it would have tears in his eyes as he sat at the bench, the approaching World Cup most likely in his ideas.
“I’ll say it’s not looking good, rather than say it’s looking bad,” Roma trainer José Mourinho stated instantly after his group’s 2-1 win. “Unfortunately, it’s probably looking closer to bad than it is to not good.”
Mourinho used to be then requested if the Roma fanatics would see Dybala ahead of the top of the yr.
“I’m really not a physician and I’ve no longer talked with the physician,” he said, “however, from enjoy and from what I’ve understood from talking with Paulo, it’s tough.”
Roma’s remaining fit ahead of Serie A stops for the World Cup is on Nov. 13, a week ahead of the match kicks off in Qatar. Argentina performs its first fit on Nov. 22, in opposition to Saudi Arabia.
The result of a scan, scheduled to be taken on Tuesday, will decide if Dybala’s World Cup dream remains to be alive however it’s obviously a giant worry for Argentina and the 28-year-old ahead, who has had a lengthy listing of accidents in his profession.
Indeed, that used to be a part of the rationale Juventus allowed Dybala to go away as a loose agent in June. Dybala has persevered 11 injury layoffs over the last two years, lacking a overall of 36 fits for his membership.
It isn’t even his first injury at Roma as he ignored the fit in opposition to Atalanta remaining month with a muscular drawback. He however joined Argentina’s squad instantly in a while for friendlies in opposition to Honduras and Jamaica however used to be compelled to observe from the stands, with trainer Lionel Scaloni announcing: “I decided not to risk him. I need him for a much higher level.”
However, Argentina does have a wealth of attacking choices with the likes of Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Papu Gomez and Joaquín Correa — even if Messi additionally has a minor injury — and Scaloni is not likely to name upon Dybala until he’s sure the ahead is totally are compatible.
Scaloni left Dybala out of the victorious Copa América squad remaining yr exactly as a result of injury and fitness considerations, and the Roma ahead might be hoping historical past isn’t about to copy itself.
CONCERN OVER KANTE
N’Golo Kante used to be integral in France’s run to the World Cup trophy in Russia 4 years in the past. He could be suffering to be there for the identify protection.
The central midfielder hasn’t performed since Aug. 14, when he sustained a hamstring drawback on English Premier League responsibility for Chelsea. It’s the newest in a string of injury problems to beset Kante lately.
Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter stated on Monday that Kante suffered a contemporary setback in coaching in his combat to shake off the injury and is ready for another scan.
“We have to attend and notice the level of it, and cross from there,” Potter stated.
ALEXANDER-ARNOLD INJURY
It used to be already questionable whether or not Trent Alexander-Arnold used to be going to make England’s squad for the World Cup.
An injury sustained on the weekend whilst taking part in for Liverpool most likely broken his possibilities much more.
Alexander-Arnold didn’t pop out for the second one part of the 3-2 loss to Arsenal within the Premier League on Sunday after hurting his ankle whilst difficult Gabriel Martinelli simply ahead of halftime.
Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated Alexander-Arnold’s ankle used to be swollen and the precise again would want to go through a scan.
A spell at the sidelines is most likely for Alexander-Arnold, simply when he had to be setting up some performances to provoke England trainer Gareth Southgate.
Southgate seems to desire extra defensively sturdy proper backs, which means Alexander-Arnold — whose attacking qualities have a long way outweighed his defensive ones for Liverpool over the previous few years — is the fourth-choice proper again for his nation at the back of Kyle Walker, Reece James and Kieran Trippier.
Walker is going through a race in opposition to time to be are compatible for the World Cup after present process surgical operation remaining week on a groin injury. Luckily for Southgate, proper again is one space the place he can take an injury or two.
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