Defensive accidents are starting to stack up for Luciano Spalletti and Juventus, as Federico Gatti was compelled off whereas clutching his hamstring through the second half of Juventus’s Spherical of 16 tie with Udinese on Tuesday evening.
The Bianconeri took a first-half lead because of a Matteo Palma personal objective, however each groups had targets dominated out for offside through the first half.
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Gatti provides to Juventus damage troubles
LEWISBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – JUNE 14: Federico Gatti #4 of Juventus arrives on the airport previous to the official FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 on June 14, 2025 in Lewisburg, West Virginia. (Picture by Michael Owens/Getty Photos)
Simply as Udinese sprung an assault into the Juventus half within the 54th minute, Gatti clutched his hamstring and held his different arm up, signalling to the dugout. He tracked again, uncomfortably, and was relieved to see Miretti faucet the ball out of play as soon as the Bianconeri had regained possession.
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The Italy worldwide was seen to by medical workers on the pitch for round a minute, earlier than being assisted off the sphere of play to a spherical of applause from the Allianz Stadium crowd. He was then seen strolling, on his personal, down the tunnel and in direction of the medical room.
It’s anticipated that he’ll report back to JMedical for additional evaluation within the coming days.
TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 02: Federico Gatti of Juventus runs with the ball whereas put beneath strain by Adam Buksa of Udinese Calcio through the Serie C match between Ternana Calcio and Juventus Subsequent Gen at Allianz Stadium on December 02, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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The Bianconeri had been already with out six first-team gamers for the Coppa Italia on Tuesday night, which included two centre-backs in Bremer and Daniele Rugani. Dusan Vlahovic can be out long-term, and Mattia Perin, Carlo Pinsoglio, and Arkadiusz Milik had been additionally unavailable.
It may have been worse for the Bianconeri, as Teun Koopmeiners additionally required therapy shortly earlier than Gatti went down. The Dutchman had an Udinese participant fall on prime of him and instantly clutched his shoulder. He was cleared to proceed shortly afterwards, though got here again on nonetheless wincing.