Duván Zapata suffered, on December 21, a first degree injury to his left adductor, which would initially give him ten days of disability. According to the initial calculation, it should be available this Thursday for the match against Torino for Serie A.
However, beyond the postponement of the duel for cases of covid 19, the Colombian could not complete his recovery and was ruled out by the technician, GianPiero Gasperini.
“Duván Zapata, Gosens, both injured, and Freuler, who is suspended. Musso and Palomino who have tested positive for coronavirus will not be there either,” said the DT of Atalanta.
It means that the initial issue, which did not generate major concern, will give more than 15 days of disability, that there is no certainty about whether it will be next Sunday in the visit to Udinese and that this, necessarily, generates doubts in the Colombian National Team, at 22 days of the duel against Peru, for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers.
Zapata, with 25 goals and 15 assists in all of 2021 and with 12 goals only in the current season, is the most effective striker that the national team has, despite the drought he suffers dressed in yellow. His absence would be a very hard blow in the face of a commitment that must be won at any cost.
For now, the forward knows that Atalanta’s commitment against Torino will not be lost, which was postponed by order of the Italian health authorities, as well as the Bologna-Inter, Fiorentina-Udinese and Salernitana-Venezia crossings, but no one from the club gives dates your return. Reinaldo Rueda and Colombia are still waiting.
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