Napoli, Di Lorenzo injury: confirmed the sprain, he will be out for a month

The check-up at Villa Stuart with Professor Mariani confirmed the results of the MRI performed last Sunday. The diagnosis for Giovanni Di Lorenzo, therefore, remains the same: second degree sprain in the right knee. Tomorrow the player will begin the rehabilitation process, which in the initial phase provides for a conservative therapy. He does not change even the timing for his return to the field, expected within a month. The winger, who was unable to respond to the call of the national team for the World Cup qualifying playoffs, will be unavailable for the championship matches with Atalanta, Fiorentina and Roma, while he should return to enlist for the engagement with Empoli on 24 April. . The hope, albeit residual, is that the player can already be called up for the match with the Giallorossi on 18.

Zanoli or Malcuit

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Spalletti will have to face an unprecedented situation, because Di Lorenzo had so far played as a starter all 39 games played by Napoli this season, being replaced only three times: against Salernitana with the result now acquired, against Cagliari following a blow to the head and against Udinese for the clash with Silvestri which caused the distortion. The coach has two alternatives: the young Zanoli, of whom he has great consideration, and Kevin Malcuit, who recently recovered from a muscle problem but is about to end his Neapolitan experience. The expiring contract, in fact, will not be renewed.