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Leonardo Bonucci will now miss Barcelona’s visit to the Allianz Stadium this week, joining Giorgio Chiellini on the Juventus bench.
The pair have been the first-choice pair since the start of the season, albeit with Matthijs de Ligt missing through his own injury, but now both are expected to miss out on this week’s Champions League clash after Bonucci split. He was forced to leave last night, Goal confirmed.
The Dutch defender is believed to be about to return to action, but was evaluated before yesterday’s game and was deemed unavailable for selection, which is a concern before Wednesday.
In case it is not available, we could see Gianluca Frabotta and Danilo, two full-backs, replacing Merih Demiral in a back-three, and they will have to enjoy the game of their lives to leave out Lionel Messi and co.
We also risk losing De Ligt for an extended period if we rush him to the national team, but shooting against Barcelona would probably mean conceding first place in the Champions League group and putting more pressure on our side for the rest of the season. campaign, although our victory in Kiev should leave us some room for maneuver.
Could we see a young man promoted to the first team to make his senior debut against Lionel Messi’s Barcelona? Will any of our other players have to play as a makeshift center back if De Ligt isn’t ready to participate? Should we risk taking him back this week?
Patrick
