Inter blow: Acerbi out for a month, misses Supercoppa | OneFootball

The Champions League night against Liverpool leaves Inter with heavy remnants, far more painful than the result on the field. Chivu loses one of the pillars of his defense: Francesco Acerbi, forced to surrender during the match at San Siro, will have to face a long period of enforced rest.

Inter, Acerbi out: the defender at high risk for the match against Napoli

The instrumental tests carried out today confirmed the negative feelings that emerged immediately after the final whistle: the defender has suffered a muscle problem which, according to Sky Sport, will keep him off the field for at least a month. A diagnosis that sounds like a sentence for Inter's calendar, which is facing a real tour de force. The list of matches that Acerbi will be forced to watch from the stands is long and worrying. His absence is certain for the upcoming Italian Super Cup, a trophy that Inter aimed to win with a full squad. But the blow also affects the championship: the center-back will definitely miss the quartet of matches against Genoa, Atalanta, Bologna, and Parma.

The real unknown, which now keeps the technical staff on edge, concerns the return date. The calendar has marked January 11th in red, the day of the big match, potentially for the championship, against Napoli. At the moment, Acerbi's presence for that match is highly doubtful: today begins a real race against time to attempt a recovery that, as of now, seems very complicated. The former Parma coach will now have to redesign the defense, asking the other players for extra effort at a crucial moment of the season.

Andrea Alati

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