Marco Verratti of Paris Saint-Germain injured his calf during his team’s game against Lyon in the French league, and therefore will miss the Italian national team, called to play two games of the European Nations League.
Italy, the main absentee at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, will host England next Friday, before joining Hungary on the 26th of this month.
Verratti was injured midway through the second half of the match against Lyon when he had a joint foul with striker Moussa Dembele.
Verratti had gone to Italy to move to the national team and reveal the extent of his injury to the blue medical staff, who decided not to be available for coach Roberto Mancini’s two matches.
Paris Saint-Germain has released an official statement confirming that Verratti has a bruised left calf. He will be treated at the club’s training center “, noting that the medical staff of Saint-Germain” works in collaboration with the medical staff of the Italian national team “.
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