Disturbing news for Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni, that Juventus winger Angel Di Maria was injured during his team’s Champions League match.
Di Maria was participating with the Italian team against Maccabi, in the fourth round of the group stage of the tournament, before leaving the field due to injury.
The Argentine international appeared, affected by a severe injury to his right thigh, to come out in tears after only 24 minutes in favor of his Polish colleague Arkadiusz Milik.
It is not yet clear how dangerous Di Maria is, who missed Milan’s last match in the Italian League, which Juventus lost 2-0 in the ninth round of the competition.
The veteran wing is scheduled to perform some medical examinations during the next few hours to determine the extent of his injury, amid ambitions not to be seriously injured, so that he can participate in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar next November.
In the event of Di Maria’s injury, it will be a double blow to the player and his country, because this World Cup may be the last for the 34-year-old, and the Tango team depends mainly on him, as he was one of the most important players contributing to the team’s victory in the Copa America last year.
As for Juventus, the situation remains bad as it is for coach Massimiliano Allegri and his men, as the match ended in a new loss with two goals without a response, making the team threatened to leave the Champions League early.
The team is third in Group H with 3 points, 4 points behind each of Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain.