Released the break against Austria (2-0), Thursday in the League of Nations, Mike Maignan suffers from a left calf injury. A physical glitch that will cause the AC Milan goalkeeper to miss a month of competition.
Maignan will miss a month of competition.
The emotional lift quickly fell for Mike Maignan (27). Powered as a starter in the absence of Hugo Lloris, the AC Milan goalkeeper will only play 45 minutes during this international break.
A month of absence for Maignan
Indeed, the player trained at Paris Saint-Germain was released during the break of the League of Nations match won by the French team against Austria (2-0) on Thursday. Touched in the left calf, the doorman could not continue the meeting and gave up his place Alphonse Areola for the second period at the Stade de France. While there was talk of a two-week absence, Sky tells us that the best goalkeeper of the last season in Serie A will miss a month of competition.
For the Lombard formation, it is obviously a huge blow. Determining since his arrival, the 2021 French champion already knows that he will not participate in the shock of the 9th day of the Italian championship against Juventus, scheduled for October 8. Above all, the native of Cayenne will not be present for the double confrontation against Chelsea, on October 5 and 11, crucial for a qualification in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Tatarusanu on the list for the C1?
In order to compensate for the prolonged absence of Maignan, the reigning Italian champion can benefit from a joker from UEFA, which authorizes the registration of a goalkeeper in the event of an injury of at least one month. of a player initially summoned. The lucky one could be called Ciprian Tatarusanu, left out in August since he was beaten by Antonio Mirante, Lapo Nava and Andreas Jungdal. While waiting for the return of the Blue for the matches which will precede the World Cup in Qatar.
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