Italy midfielder Nicolo Barella will miss Inter Milan’s Serie A clash with Como on Monday.
Inter Milan will be without key midfielder Barella, who was injury in the 6-0 win at Lazio, although they have been give the benefit of the doubt that his injury is not as serious as Federico Dimarco’s, but Calciomercato.com predicts the 27-year-old could be out for around 10 days.
It means Barella will definitely be out of Inter’s Coppa Italia last-16 tie against Udinese on Thursday and Monday’s Serie A clash with Como, both games at the San Siro.
Davide Frattesi is ready to take over and Barella is expect to return for the trip to Cagliari on December 28, the final game of the 2024 calendar.
The decision was clearly correct and there is no chance of the Nerazzurri appealing the decision for at least the first leg of the tie against whoever their first opponent of the knockouts proves to be.
However, they will have to await Brych’s final report on the match, on which the full nature of the suspension will be based.
Depending on what the Register ufabet German referee writes in his report. Barella could be hand a two-match ban for violent conduct, something which the Nerazzurri will hoping the key midfielder avoids.
Meanwhile, Gazzetta dello Sport reports that veteran defender Francesco Acerbi is unlikely to be fit to return in time for the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final against Atalanta. To be play in Saudi Arabia on January 2.