Mutu laid low by adductor injury

Adrian Mutu could miss ACF Fiorentina's next UEFA Champions League fixture against Olympique Lyonnais on 25 November because of an adductor injury sustained during Wednesday's 1-1 Group F draw with FC Bayern München.

Scan results
The 29-year-old gave Fiorentina an eleventh-minute lead against the Bundesliga outfit and went on to complete the match, however subsequent scans have shown the Romanian international has "a first degree muscular lesion to the adductor" that will rule him out for a couple of weeks. The setback comes a week after the Stadio Artemio Franchi club denied reports Mutu required a knee operation, saying that coach Cesare Prandelli would decide whether or not to play the striker "on a case-by-case basis over the next month".

Physiotherapy
Mutu has already started receiving physiotherapy, ruling him out of Sunday's Serie A game at home to Atalanta BC and almost certainly the following league fixture at Cagliari Calcio on 16 November. His absence is likely to be keenly felt by the Tuscan club, for whom Mutu is just one of two players to have scored more than once this season. The Viola sit third in Group F, five points behind second-placed Bayern and need to win their final two matches and hope results go their way to stand any chance of reaching the first knockout round.