Marcus Thuram is awaiting instrumental tests, after the French coach Zinedine Zidane sent him home. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the problem should not be serious: he could already be available for the match against Atalanta, scheduled for November 22 in Bergamo.
The situation is more serious, however, for Bonny: the newspaper writes of “an injury to the flexors that is not even minor, which will keep him out of matches for a month.” For Thuram, the stop came at a particularly unlucky moment: the striker had been excluded from Zidane’s first call-ups for technical reasons, then managed to carve out space in the group again thanks to a brilliant month at Inter, with 9 starts out of 9, embellished by 4 goals and 2 assists in the league.
“In this case Thuram, like his teammate Diouf, could have faced Italy at San Siro, his football home for over three years. However, he realized it was not worth the risk. And reluctantly he agreed to leave the Clairefontaine training camp: he will still be at the stadium tomorrow night, but only as a spectator,” writes the newspaper.
On the Nerazzurri front, the situation will push Chivu to carefully manage offensive resources in the upcoming matches. “If Pio Esposito returns from his double commitment with the National Team at one hundred percent, he will play both matches, as he has an uncommon recovery capacity. Lautaro and Thuram, on the other hand, could alternate, obviously also taking advantage of the possibility of coming on during the match.”
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