Juve lose injured Kovac (1 Viewer)

[Marty]

Category: <b>General</b><br><br>Juventus defender Robert Kovac has been ruled out for the next month because of a knee injury.

The summer signing from Bayern Munich will be sidelined for four weeks after damaging a ligament in training.

Kovac, a free capture from the German giants, has impressed on the occasions when he has replaced Lilian Thuram or Fabio Cannavaro in the centre.

Juve boss Fabio Capello already had a few defensive worries ahead of Saturday’s trip to Palermo.

Gianluca Zambrotta is suspended and will therefore need replacing in the right-back role for the Stadio Barbera clash.

Capello will opt for Gianluca Pessotto or decide to use midfielder Manuele Blasi, linked with a move to Palermo, as full-back.

Cannavaro and Thuram will start in the centre, while Under-21 international Giorgio Chiellini will begin at left-back.<br><br>Source: Football Italia

 

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[loyada]

hope canna and thuram stay injury free until kovac returns

 

[Azzurri7]

Canna seems to be in good health...Lets hope he'll remain this way.

 

[Maresca]

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juve may bring back Tudor because of the injuiry of Kovac... not a bad idea

 

[djleli]

actually a great idea

 

[isha00]

For the Palermo game the back-up defender will be Criscito.
I think Capello has enough faith in him (he was in the CL list last year) and the club won't buy/get any other defender.

 

[Tourinorum]

forgive me for asking but who is Criscito? I've seen his name in the players list but I don't really know WHO he is.

 

[isha00]

He's a player of our primavera, 19 years old. Capello put him on our CL list both this and last year: it wouldn't surprise me if they used him, instead of buying another defender. In fact he is in Palermo with the team.

 

[k0k0]

ohh dear, poor Kovac

 

[joe5]

Football is a tough game. Good recover Robert.