“He told me he couldn’t continue playing, I don’t know what came over him”. With those words the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho whitewashed the situation of one of his loved ones like Paul Dybalawhich this Thursday again suffered a muscle discomfort during the 1-0 defeat of the Rome as a visitor of Red Bull Salzburgfor the tie-break to reach the round of 16 of the european championship.
“He said he didn’t feel like it and couldn’t continue. I don’t know if it’s an injury, I don’t know what he has”Mou finished, perhaps a little annoyed by the situation. In any case, the reports indicated that Cordovan was experiencing discomfort in the flexor of his left leg. Indeed, he returned with that bandaged patch to the substitutes’ bench after being substituted.
The anger was greater due to the defeat, which had an Argentine coach. Is that the author of the header that gave the Austrian team the victory was the former Boca player Niccolo Capaldowho had a great performance.
Apart from the injury, the match seemed destined to end with the score equal to zero. But al 88 minutesafter a sequence of passes and a cross on the penalty spot, Capaldo appeared, to seal the victory of the first leg of a series that will be defined on Thursday 23 February at the legendary Olympic stadium.
For Dybala it could be the second muscle injury in the same sector in a few months. It’s just that just before the World Cup in Qatar he was in doubt right up to the last minute for being pulled away after kicking a penalty. Subsequently he recovered completely and was able to score even his minutes in the final stretch of the tournament which ended with the consecration of the Argentina national team.
Source: Clarin
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