Paulo Dybala: a window opens so that he can play the World Cup

The Argentine attacker of Roma paulo dybala He still has a chance to play the Qatar-2022 World Cup (November 20 – December 18), despite his confirmed injury to his left thigh, according to a source close to the case.

The images obtained on Wednesday by magnetic resonance confirm the injury to the 28-year-old Argentine’s quadriceps, this source told AFP, confirming information that appeared in the Italian media.

Dybala was injured on Sunday while scoring a penalty against Lecce (2-1). He was substituted after that goal, which ensured the short victory for the Giallorossi, with a disturbing grimace a month and a half before the Albiceleste’s first World Cup match, on November 22.

The Italian club has not yet communicated the type of injury to its attacker or the estimated duration of his absence. According to Italian media, this absence will be at least one month. La Gazzetta Dello Sport speaks of “around five weeks” and Sky Sport “between six and eight weeks”, deadlines that threaten the possibility that
Dybala can play the World Cup.

Although the Argentine has little chance of playing for his club again before the suspension of Serie A in mid-November, “the World Cup is an achievable goal for the player,” the source with knowledge of the case told AFP.

Mourinho wasn’t optimistic about the Dybala issue

After Sunday’s match, Roma coach José Mourinho was much more pessimistic, indicating that the Argentine (34 caps and 3 goals) was “bad, not to say very, very bad”.

Argentina will play its first World Cup match on November 22 against Saudi Arabia. They will then face Mexico on the 26th and Poland on the 30th during the group stage.

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with AFP

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