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Yes or no World Cup for Romelu Lukaku? La Gazzetta dello Sport takes stock of the Belgian’s conditions after Martinez’s words

Yes or no World Cup for Romelu Lukaku? Coach Roberto Martinez was not unbalanced and released an interview with L’Equipe today. Surely his participation remains in strong doubt thanks to the relapse to the back of the left thigh accused with Sampdoria. Big Rom is working daily to be there and will do so for the next 20 days. Here is what is evidenced by the Gazzetta dello Sport after the words of the coach.

Lukaku, ad hoc program

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“For the moment it is limited to therapies and exercises for the upper body, in order not to completely lose the athletic condition that inevitably suffers from the few minutes (about thirty) played from 28 August to today. Today a new check on the scar is likely to understand the evolution of the trouble accused when he entered the field with the Sampdoria on 29 October. It is clear that since he returns to play the first races on the field, Lukaku will need at least 2 weeks of work to find an acceptable form and above all not to risk a third relapse that would compromise the rest of the season.

No risk

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The passing of days without the Inter player being able to start training again at least in the gym decreases his chances of flying to Qatar with his teammates. We are not yet at the limit, but we are close to it. The player would not want to lose a World Cup which he reaches in the prime of his footballing maturity, but at the same time presenting himself without the best athletic condition, moreover after having played only 3 matches from the first minute since the beginning of the season, it is a great risk. Will he agree to run him or at some point in the next few days, after talking to the coach, the people closest to him and Inter, will he make a choice similar to that of Pogba? It would be a painful decision, but it would allow him to work to solve the problem once and for all in view of January 4th when he resumes the championship. All that remains is to wait and we will know: in Belgium they are hoping that Lukaku will board the charter bound for Doha, but he must give guarantees to be summoned. A complicated situation that the nerazzurri number 90 at the beginning of the season certainly would never have imagined”, We read on the rosea.