Spalletti in trouble, after Osimhen stops Anguissa

 In the end, the least damage was defeat. Napoli comes out of San Siro with broken bones, in the true sense of the word, and Luciano Spalletti is in trouble up to his neck. And as if the serious injury to Osimhen was not enough, which in the clash with Skriniar suffered the displaced fracture of the cheekbone and the left orbital bone, the news arrived today that Anguissa left the pitch with a serious muscle injury. At the moment it is difficult, if not impossible, to establish the recovery times for the two players. Osimhen, who left the Niguarda hospital where he spent the night under observation, will have to undergo surgery in Naples, perhaps as early as tomorrow. Anguissa, who was diagnosed with a distracting lesion of the left adductor, started therehabilitation process but with muscle injuries, it is well known, it is difficult to make predictions. The recovery times of the two players, however, are intertwined with their eventual participation in the final phase of the African Cup, which will take place between January and February. Under normal conditions, Osimhen and Anguissa should have reached the retreats of their respective national teams, Nigeria and Cameroon, immediately after the last match of the championship year, that is to say before the break for the Christmas holidays. Their return to Naples would then depend on the path in the tournament in Cameroon (from 9 January to 6 February). For the midfielder it is possible to assume that he can answer the call of his coach; different is the speech for Osimhen for which a more precise prognosis can be made only after thesurgery. In any case, a lot of time will have to pass before the two can return to Spalletti's disposal, perhaps even more than two months. In this period the coach is also forced to give up on Ounas (also for him a muscle injury accused during a game of the Algerian national team) who will also participate in the African Cup. Demme, Politano and the young Zanoli are blocked because they had positive results at Covid and in this serious emergency, Napoli is called to take the field in Russia the day after tomorrow to face Spartak Moscow in the penultimate round of the Europa League group. On Sunday evening, Maurizio Sarri's Lazio is expected at Maradona in another championship match. Today the team resumed training in the Castel Volturno technical center.Tomorrow morning a new session and then the departure for Moscow. In order to avoid external contacts, in consideration of the very serious epidemic situation that is going through Russia, Spalletti and a blue player will hold the press conference foreseen by the UEFA rules tomorrow at 12 in Castel Volturno.