De Sciglio injury more serious

Milan confirmed serious injuries for Mattia De Sciglio and Cristian Zapata, who’ll be out for at least six weeks.

Both players sustained these knocks during the 2-1 Coppa Italia victory over Sassuolo on Tuesday evening.

Today the club released a statement confirming the worst case scenarios.

De Sciglio has suffered a lesion to the plantar fascia in his right foot, which is a more serious injury than the originally suspected plantar fasciitis.

Milan confirmed serious injuries for Mattia De Sciglio and Cristian Zapata, who’ll be out for at least six weeks.

Both players sustained these knocks during the 2-1 Coppa Italia victory over Sassuolo on Tuesday evening.

Today the club released a statement confirming the worst case scenarios.

De Sciglio has suffered a lesion to the plantar fascia in his right foot, which is a more serious injury than the originally suspected plantar fasciitis.

X-rays also confirmed Zapata has fractured the second metatarsal in his right foot.

Milan’s statement only points out their conditions will be re-evaluated over the next few weeks.

Reports suggest neither player will be on the pitch again until at least March.