Official – Inter Milan & Italy Star Suffers Injury Setback | OneFootball

Inter Milan midfielder Nicolo Barella will matches against Udinese, Red Star Belgrade, and Torino due to injury.

The Nerazzurri officially confirm that the 27-year-old has suffered a strain to the rectus femoris muscle of his right thigh.

Midfielder Barella had started in the derby. However, he came off during the second half, with Piotr Zielinski replacing him.

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi’s decision to substitute Barella meant that he had changed his entire midfield.

The coach had already removed Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Hakan Calhanoglu for Davide Frattesi and Kristjan Asllani.

Therefore taking Barella off seemed a strange choice at the time, with the other two starters in the central trio having already left the pitch.

But after the match, Inzaghi explained that Barella had been dealing with a bit of a knock.

The 27-year-old related this to the Inter staff on the bench after the substitution.

Nicolo Barella To Miss Udinese, Red Star Belgrade & Torino Clashes

The question was whether Barella had suffered an injury, or just a bit of fatigue.

Today’s training was decisive. Yesterday, Inter’s squad had the day off following the derby, but today the players returned to work.

The question was whether Barella would be able to shake off the problem he’d picked up in the derby.

However, the former Cagliari midfielder was unable to train.

Therefore, Barella underwent tests with Inter’s medical staff today.

And these tests confirmed that the 27-year-old had in fact suffered an injury.

Inter have confirmed that the tests showed a strain to the rectus femoris muscle of Barella’s right thigh.

The Italian international will undergo further tests next week.

But in the meantime, Barella should miss Inter’s next match. The Nerazzurri travel to Friuli to take on Udinese on Saturday afternoon.

And then Barella is also likely to miss the team’s next two matches as well. Inter take on Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League and Torino in Serie A before the international break.