Fiorentina-Roma, Spinazzola on the pitch 311 days after the injury

Ten months and a week. Exactly 311 days. So much has passed since the very serious injury in the quarter-finals of the European Championship between Italy and Belgium on 2 July 2021. And now Leonardo Spinazzola has made his return to the field at Franchi. Mourinho, who had already brought him to the bench, wanted to insert him at 89 and 20 seconds in place of Karsdorp, with Roma down 2-0 against Fiorentina. “For about a month I have been feeling calm and at ease – said Spinazzola to Dazn’s microphones -, I could not wait to enter the field. Even four minutes are important, for me all those I will play from here to the end are important. The last thought before entering? Finally the moment that I have dreamed of in these ten months has arrived, I have been waiting for it for a long time and I was happy. Even if the greatest was to be back in the group. Now I know that I can become even stronger. The final in Tirana? I was hoping for a lot, for Roma, for the fans and also for me. It is also important to hope to play the final and feel myself again. “

The injury

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The Giallorossi winger, one of the best in Mancini’s winning national team, had reported the rupture of the Achilles tendon which forced him to a long stop. Already in recent weeks Lasse Lempainen, the surgeon who operated on him in July and who then saw him again at his clinic in Finland, had said that Spinazzola was ready to return. Mourinho wanted to test him in the final four minutes of an important challenge for the Giallorossi standings. He wasn’t able to do much, but his return still deserves applause. From all over Italy.