Andrea Pirlo came on Tuesday evening with encouraging news about Matthijs de Ligt. According to the Juventus coach, the Dutch center-back has not suffered a serious injury. De Ligt dropped out injured on Tuesday during the warm-up of the home game with Spezia and there was a moment La Vecchia Signora the fear that he would be out of circulation for some time.
“In the warm-up he did indeed suffer again. We will know more about the injury after the tests tomorrow (Wednesday, ed.), But at first glance it all seems to be OK”, Pirlo said on Tuesday evening after the 3 -0 record victory of Juventus over Spezia by Sky Italia. De Ligt was hit on his calf in the away match against Hellas Verona (1-1) last Saturday and this injury played tricks on him again on Tuesday, after which Pirlo decided to keep him out of the starting line-up for the meeting with Spezia.
De Ligt is normally fit in time for the upcoming international match period of the Dutch national team. The formation of national coach Frank de Boer starts the qualifying cycle towards the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with matches against Turkey (March 24), Latvia (March 27) and Gibraltar (March 30). The central defender of Juventus missed the international matches of the Dutch in the second part of 2020 due to an operation on the shoulder. In addition, De Ligt missed the first months of the season at Juventus. In November, the man made his return to the Italian superpower.
Pirlo is currently dealing with a number of injuries at Juventus. Besides De Ligt, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Juan Cuadrado, Arthur and Paulo Dybala were also not available for the home game with Spezia. Merih Demiral and Alex Sandro formed the heart of the defense of the number three in Serie A on Tuesday evening. Juventus will face Lazio on Saturday and next Tuesday FC Porto will be the opponent in the return game in the eighth final of the Champions League. The Italian superpower lost 2-1 in the first meeting in Portugal.
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