How Luciano Spalletti and Italian media reacted after Arsenal star Riccardo Calafiori sparked knee harm concern in loss to Germany

Within the 92nd minute, the Arsenal star slipped awkwardly while monitoring again and instantly held his left knee earlier than going to the sidelines for remedy.

Calafiori was not substituted, as Luciano Spalletti had already used up all his substitutions, however the full-time whistle went not lengthy after.

The Arsenal star’s slip and subsequent subject together with his knee can be trigger for concern, with Italian media commenting on it after the sport.

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What was stated about Riccardo Calafiori knee subject

Spalletti, the Italy head coach, wasn’t in a position to present a lot details about Calafiori’s knee subject.

Fabrizio Romano quoted Spalletti as saying: “We nonetheless don’t know if he’s injured. Ricky feels one thing unusual at his knee however we nonetheless don’t know.”

The Italian medical staff will most certainly conduct assessments on the Arsenal star to find out the severity of the problem.

Nevertheless, Italian media outlet Pazzi Di Fanta famous how Calafiori damage his left knee, which has given him issues earlier in his profession.

‘The instrumental assessments scheduled for the following few hours will make clear the scenario, permitting us to precisely assess the severity of the bodily downside,’ they wrote.

‘Restoration instances can be estimated within the quick time period however they’re definitely not nice information for the nationwide staff and for Arsenal.

‘The previous Bologna centre-back is certainly one of Spalletti’s key gamers and his beginning spot at San Siro proves it.

‘The difficulty should be evaluated, as confirmed by the previous Napoli coach. Calafiori got here out on his personal two ft and that’s already an indication.

‘Because it’s his left knee, we’ll be cautious as a result of the twisting was completely unnatural.’

Why there’s concern over any points with Riccardo Calafiori’s left knee

It stays to be seen whether or not Calafiori has suffered a knee harm, a muscular downside or one thing else.

Nevertheless, it’s comprehensible that any points with Calafiori’s left knee spark concern, as he suffered a severe harm to it when he was in Roma’s youth staff.

At simply 16 years of age, a problem from an opposition participant throughout a match noticed Calafiori tear each ligament in his left knee, in addition to the meniscus and the articular capsule.

The harm was so extreme that docs weren’t optimistic about his future within the sport.

Nevertheless, Calafiori used that as motivation to make a full restoration and make his skilled debut for his hometown membership in August 2020.

He stated earlier this 12 months, as per the Arsenal web site: “To be trustworthy, I used to be fortunate that I used to be so younger, as a result of I used to be 16.

“My solely ideas had been getting back from the harm and simply taking part in once more, as a result of, as you talked about earlier than, they stated I’d in all probability cease my profession earlier than it’s even began.

“So I simply need to play once more and that’s it.”

Calafiori has been a sensation at Arsenal and Mikel Arteta is delighted with him, as are his teammates and clearly the followers, so fingers crossed every part’s okay.