FLORENCE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 03: Samuele Ricci of Italy arrives before an Italy training session at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano on September 03, 2024 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
Samuele Ricci (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

Samuele Ricci is in doubt for the Nations League games that Italy will play against Belgium and France after both he and Ivan Ilic limped off for Torino this evening.

The Granata were playing at the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin for the Derby della Mole against their arch rivals Juve.

Ilic went off during the half-time break and Sky Sport Italia report this was due to an adductor issue that the midfielder felt in his thigh.

Ricci adds to Torino and Italy injury concerns

epa11712366 Players of Torino pose for a family picture ahead of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus FC and Torino FC, in Turin, Italy, 09 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
epa11712366 Players of Torino pose for a family picture ahead of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus FC and Torino FC, in Turin, Italy, 09 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO

The situation got even worse when Ricci went down in a coming together with Federico Gatti and had to leave the field with what appeared to be an ankle problem.

It remains to be seen how bad the damage is, but Ricci has to be a doubt now for the Italy games against Belgium and France next week.

Luciano Spalletti’s Azzurri are in Brussels on November 14 to play Belgium, then host France at San Siro on Sunday November 17.

They need only one point to be sure of a place in the Nations League quarter-finals.

Torino really are in the midst of an injury crisis at the moment, as they went into the Juventus clash without Duvan Zapata, Che Adams, Zanos Savva, Perr Schuurs and Emirhan Ilkhan.

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