Injury Severely, Giorgio Chiellini Long Absence Defending Juventus

DBasia.news –  Juventus captain and mainstay defender, Giorgio Chiellini, seriously injured. Chiellini’s injury opened the chance of Matthijs de Ligt to play in his place.

Giorgio Chiellini is the leader behind Juventus. Despite being 35 years old, Chiellini is still a major player.

However, Juventus could not play Chiellini for several months due to a ligament injury. In fact, media in Italy predicts that the Italian national team players will have to pull over for six months.

“During today’s training session, Chiellini distorted his right knee and anterior ligament. Diagnostic tests conducted at JMedical showed he had an anterior ligament lesion,” Juventus said on its official website.

Juventus immediately took swift action so that Chiellini could recover soon. “Operation is needed in the coming days,” continued the Bianconeri.

Giorgio Chiellini is indeed often injured. In 2019 alone, the player has entered the treatment room three times. The last injury hit Chiellini’s calf. At that time, he missed four games.

Given Chiellini’s central role in the backline, now Maurizio Sarri needs to rack his brain. Because Chiellini is a command stick holder for other defenders. Also, Chiellini often scored.

However, Juventus already has several substitutes for the captain. One name that should be put forward is Matthijs de Ligt.

The 20-year-old only arrived in the summer of 2019. De Ligt arrived with an impressive track record at Ajax Amsterdam.

However, in the inaugural match against Parma, Matthijs de Ligt did not get a chance to play. Sarri decided Chiellini’s duet friend was Leonardo Bonucci.

As a result, the golden opportunity is never wasted De Ligt. The player needs to look up and prove that Juventus are not wrong to buy it at exorbitant prices.

Besides De Ligt, Juventus also still has several central defenders namely Daniele Rugani and Merih Demiral.