Del Piero faces injury lay-off
Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Juventus FC's Alessandro Del Piero has an achilles problem which will sideline him for at least two weeks.
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Out of action
Del Piero will definitely miss the Azzurri's Group 5 matches against Slovenia and Belarus next week, as well as Sunday's Serie A game against Udinese Calcio. More worringly for Juventus, he could still be unavailable for action when the Turin club resume their UEFA Champions League campaign at home against FC Bayern München on 19 October.
Persistent problem
The 29-year-old forward has been complaining of the injury for a while, and was forced to limp out of last weekend's league match against US Città di Palermo. Then, despite taking part in the warm-up, he was unable to participate in Tuesday's Champions League win against Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC as coach Fabio Capello decided not to risk him.
