Juventus confirm centre-back Merih Demiral faces long-time absence with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and meniscus damage.
The Turkey international had scored the opening goal in last night’s 2-1 Serie A victory over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
He then landed heavily after jumping for a header and limped off the field.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
During the game last night, Merih Demiral sustained a sprain to his left knee.
The diagnostic tests carried out at J | Medical this morning revealed injury to the anterior cruciate ligament along with associated injury to the meniscus.
Surgical intervention will be required in the coming days.
This will require surgery and usually rules players out for at least six months, which effectively ends not only Demiral's season, but also his chances of playing at Euro 2020 for Turkey.
Nadan7
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De ligt be like : this is the chance for me to change my name from De dark to de ligt 😄😄
giribn
500
juv important and talented players gets injured and useless player like matuidy khedira are fit.
Sadde90
467
The pitch was not ready, lazio played there the night before and now you have injured players. Sharing stadiums is bad , I hope Roma start to build their own stadium soon!
Nadan7
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Juventus relationship with injuries is getting very stronger than Real Madrid winning trophies 🏆
Chelasani
268
very bad... asensio and sane were injured in the beginning of the season and now demiral and zianolo injured in the 2nd half of the season that too on the same day..... very sad this ACL injuries will ruin the career of a player hope it is not the same scenario for these players
Benosky1
265
Omg.. That's horrible.. he will be definitely out for at least 5 months..or more.. damn.. Two ACL injuries in a match
Angus T
261
Next time ronaldo should teach his team mate how land when he try to jump so high. Fast Recovery Demiral
YinkaKerry
256
With this unfortunate news about Demiral and Zaniolo and also wishing them speedy recovery, this is the more reason i always appreciate CR7 when playing. He's always careful while on the pitch. Haters and fans with myopic views thinks he doesnt like to put all energy and ruggedity when playing. Dude is smart such that he knows any severe injury at this point might rule him out of the season or perhaps might even rule him of Euro 2020. He's getting aged every second as we all are.
shivajayanth12
236
Oh my God he has a very important role in Juve's defense. He have to get well soon. Get well soon Demiral the Turkish wall.
Gunners4ever❤
119
The most devastating thing for any sportsman is to suffer a long-term injury. Demiral has been showing a lot of promise this season prior to this injury and it's huge dent in his development. Get well soon demiral❤🙏
Bizcekmuz
113
De ligt is such a lucky player. Chiellini got injured as he was dropped to the bench and now demiral is injured too. This is 2nd chance. Hope he grabs it and holds on to it 💪🏾
whykallar
87
What a painful moment for Demiral, speedy recovery and come back stronger please..
Fiter8X
69
2 ACL tears in one Match... Get well soon Demiral and Zaniolo...
Lastdance
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First chiellini now demiral de ligt always have a chance