At home Juventus the tests confirmed what was feared: for Teun Koopmeiners the time has come to stop. The pain that the former Atalanta player feels in his side has a very clear reason as stated in the statement released yesterday by the Turin club: “The player, following the persistence of the painful symptoms suffered at the end of the first half of the match against Cagliari, was underwent diagnostic tests at JMedical this morning, 10 October 2024, which highlighted the presence of a slightly displaced fracture of the second anterior right rib.
It is difficult to make precise predictions on the recovery time as it depends a lot from case to case. According to reports Tuttosportit is quite clear that the midfielder will miss the first match scheduled after the break, namely Juventus-Lazio on 19 October, and the Champions League match which will be played just three days later, again at the Allianz, against Stuttgart. In theory he could return for the match on Sunday 27 October when Juventus will go to Milan to challenge Inter but it seems clear that this is an optimistic forecast.
Unfortunately for Koop and for Juve, this injury, if it is true that it happened on the eve of the break, will see the convalescence continue in the part of the most frequent matches: seven in three weeks due to the Champions League and the midweek round.