Romelu Lukaku was injured again; he will not be against Bayern and worries for the 2022 Qatar World Cup

By: EFE Updated 31 Oct 2022, 9: 32 am EDT

Belgian Romelu Lukaku, Inter Milan striker, suffered a new hamstring injury that leaves him out of the match against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and complicates his presence against Juventus in Serie A this weekend, after playing only two games after recovering from his previous injury.

“Romelu Lukaku underwent instrumental tests this morning in and the investigations revealed a resentment of the myotendinous scar of the hamstring

of the left thigh. The player’s conditions will be reassessed in a few days,” the club reported in a statement.

Lukaku, whose return with a goal against the Czech Viktoria Plzen was the culmination of qualifying for the round of 16 Champions League final, played this Saturday 23 minutes against Sampdoria with the aim of arriving in full condition for the match against Bayern, but medical examinations revealed a new injury.

The previous injury, which affected the flexor muscle of the left thigh, kept him out of competition for eleven games in the 53 days he was injured, among those he missed were the transcendental ones for a place in the round of 16 against Barcelona in the Champions League, in which it was a very sensitive loss for the Inzaghi scheme.

According to the local media, the injury is not serious and his presence in the World Cup is not in danger. Qatar 2022 which will be played in less than a month, but it could happen the situation in which the Belgian striker does not wear the ‘Nerazzurri’ shirt again until 2023, once the world championship is over.

Since his arrival at the Interista club on loan from English club Chelsea, Lukaku has only played five official matches: four in Serie A and one of the Champions League, scoring a total of three goals between both competitions.

Paul Pogba is also a doubt for the World Cup

Frenchman Paul Pogba, Juventus midfielder, suffers from muscular overload in the right leg, according to the Italian media, which compromises his presence at the World Cup in Qatar 2022,

just when he had rejoined training and shortened time to return to the pitch with his team.

In the absence of official confirmation by Juventus or the player himself, Pogba would have suffered a new setback with less than three weeks to go that could be definitive for the selection French adorer, Didier Deschamps, decided not to include him in the definitive squad list for Qatar 2022 that will be given on November 9.

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