Euro: Achilles tendon rupture confirmed for Spinazzola

The disaster scenario is confirmed for the Italian national team, Roma and Leonardo Spinazzola.

Touched Friday night, during the quarter-final of the Euro against Belgium (2-1), the 28-year-old defender was evacuated from the field on a stretcher in the 79th minute.

Some media quickly mentioned a ruptured Achilles tendon.

The news is confirmed this Saturday by the Italian federation (FIGC).

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Revelation of the European Championship on the left flank of the defense, Spinazzola will be sidelined for many months… “

“, He declared in recent hours on

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It is without their left-back that the Italians will challenge Spain on Tuesday, at Wembley, in the semi-finals of the Euro.

Absent from the 2018 World Cup, the Azzurra Squadra, in full rebirth, is aiming for a second continental coronation after that of 1968, on Italian soil.

Under contract until 2024 with AS Roma, Spinazzola had attracted the attention of several major European teams in recent weeks according to some sources, from Real Madrid to Barça, via Paris Saint-Germain. He notably played under the colors of Juventus Turin and Atalanta Bergamo before joining the Eternal City in 2019, for just under € 30 million.