Empoli” data-scaytid=”1″>Empoli will be without striker Massimo Maccarone for at least a month due to a thigh strain.
The former Middlesbrough forward picked up the injury during Sunday night’s friendly match with Lucchese.
Empoli will be without striker Massimo Maccarone for at least a month due to a thigh strain.
The former Middlesbrough forward picked up the injury during Sunday night’s friendly match with Lucchese.
Tests highlighted a lesion to the right thigh muscle and this will keep him on the sidelines for at least four weeks.
It means Maccarone will miss the start of the Serie A season.
He had been one of the scorers in that 2-0 friendly victory over Lucchese along with Manuel Pucciarelli.