Valencia confirm Italy full-back Cristiano Piccini suffered a muscular lesion during international duty.
Piccini played Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Finland, the opener of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, but pulled out of the squad going to face Liechtenstein this evening.
He returned to his club, who now announce tests have found a muscular lesion to the soleus in his left leg.
Italy lost Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Chiesa, Alessandro Florenzi, Stephan El Shaarawy and Piccini on international duty this month.
Valencia confirm Italy full-back Cristiano Piccini suffered a muscular lesion during international duty.
Piccini played Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Finland, the opener of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, but pulled out of the squad going to face Liechtenstein this evening.
He returned to his club, who now announce tests have found a muscular lesion to the soleus in his left leg.
Italy lost Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Chiesa, Alessandro Florenzi, Stephan El Shaarawy and Piccini on international duty this month.