2023-09-20 12:34:26
Sigh of relief for the player, his club and his national team. AC Milan’s medical press release, published this Wednesday morning, carries reassuring news for Mike Maignan, the French goalkeeper. “Mike Maignan, during last night’s match, suffered from pain in the flexor muscles of his left thigh. The MRI performed this morning ruled out any lesions. The clinical evolution will be monitored daily,” we can read in the full text of the Rossoneri training.
The former Lille player did not finish the match between AC Milan and Newcastle on Tuesday evening in the Champions League (0-0). The French team goalkeeper left in the 80th minute after feeling pain in his left thigh. Sitting on the pitch at San Siro, he requested the intervention of the trainers, before leaving the field grimacing. Stefano Pioli, the Milan coach, wanted to be reassuring at the microphone of Milan TV: “He felt a spike when he was participating in ball circulation, a small spike according to him. He plays a lot, also in the selection, and the risks are increasing. »
Return on September 30?
The duration of his unavailability was, however, not specified. “There’s nothing bad,” we hear from those around him. He could, as a result, only miss one or two games. The one against Hellas Verona, first, on September 23 at San Siro, then at Cagliari on the 27th. His return to competition could be considered on Saturday September 30 against Lazio. Obviously, no risks will be taken and everything will be re-evaluated on a day-to-day basis. In his absence, he will be replaced by Marco Sportiello.
As a reminder, the French international, now number 1 among the Blues since the international retirement of Hugo Lloris, had missed several months of competition last season, and in particular the World Cup, due to a calf injury. The next gathering of the Blues is scheduled for mid-October. Didier Deschamps’ men must face the Netherlands on October 13 for qualifying for Euro 2024 then Scotland in a friendly on October 17.
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