AC Milan and Juventus met on the San Siro on Sunday for a relatively expected match that noticed both teams looking to place an early marker on a 2d-half push for a Champions League place.
It did not take place for both side. Instead, the maximum noteworthy occasion of the healthy turned into an damage to an in-form and fan preferred purpose-scorer.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic became forced off within the twenty eighth minute due to an ankle damage, leaving Olivier Giroud to guide the lines for the home facet.
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It's doubtful precisely what happened, and reviews on social media appeared to signify an Achilles tendon difficulty. That will be devastating for Milan if the injury is deemed to require a longer-time period recuperation. Ibrahimovic has scored eight desires in 15 Serie A appearances this season, proving a revelation at forty years of age. From manager Stefano Pioli's postmatch remarks, it doesn't sound as if the injury is too severe, but its quantity isn't always yet completely recognized.
“I failed to see what took place to Zlatan," Pioli said after the healthy. "He felt a pain in his tendon, and he blamed the pitch because it turned into too hard, I hope he can get better inside the next few days.”
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The early harm become a harbinger of things to return inside the fit, as neither team became able to get whatever taking place offense. Giroud, Ibrahimovic's replacement, managed three photographs, with on track, but otherwise Milan had little to provide. Juventus wasn't any better, without a unmarried shot heading in the right direction the complete fit. The groups mixed to supply just 0.98 predicted desires overall for the healthy.
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