Italy medics try to explain how they got Claudio Marchisio’s knee ligament injury so wrong, as he could be back in two weeks.
The midfielder picked up the injury to his right knee during the warm-up ahead of Friday’s training session with the Azzurri.
Initial tests announced a torn anterior cruciate ligament with subsequent stay on the sidelines for six to eight months.
Instead, just hours later Juventus medics performed another MRI that excluded lesions, so he could be back in two to three weeks.
Italy medics try to explain how they got Claudio Marchisio’s knee ligament injury so wrong, as he could be back in two weeks.
The midfielder picked up the injury to his right knee during the warm-up ahead of Friday’s training session with the Azzurri.
Initial tests announced a torn anterior cruciate ligament with subsequent stay on the sidelines for six to eight months.
Instead, just hours later Juventus medics performed another MRI that excluded lesions, so he could be back in two to three weeks.
“Marchisio had a serious sprain and told me he heard a nasty noise inside his knee,” Italy medic Professor Enrico Castellacci told the Corriere dello Sport.
“Just 10 minutes later we were at the Fanfani Institute. The tests showed the result you all know by now.
“I spoke to my colleagues in Turin, explained what happened and organised to send the lad straight to the club for further tests. Juve gave me the all-clear to make the diagnosis public.
“That night I contacted the Juve medics again before the Press conference. Now there are two contrasting test results.
“Naturally, I’d be very happy if the later test was confirmed. These are the facts.”
Sky Sport Italia suggest Marchisio could even be fit enough to play the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Monaco on April 22.