Defender Alessandro Bastoni will be out for this evening’s Serie A match between Napoli and Inter Milan through injury.
Today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, anticipate that the 24-year-old will be able to return against Udinese next weekend.
Bastoni is still recovering from a calf strain which he picked up during the international break.
The injury, which caused the Italian to miss EURO 2024 qualifiers against the likes of North Macedonia and Ukraine, has also caused him to miss two matches with Inter.
First, Bastoni was out for last weekend’s league match against Juventus.
Then, the 24-year-old also missed the Champions League group stage clash away to Benfica on Wednesday.
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There had initially been some hope of Bastoni recovering for this evening’s match.
The Italian is not far away from being able to return to the pitch at this point.
Therefore, it did not initially look unrealistic that Bastoni would at least be fit enough to make the bench at least for this evening’s match.
But according to the Gazzetta, that will not be the case.
Bastoni continued to work individually on his recovery program in training yesterday. He has yet to make a full return to training with the rest of his teammates.
Therefore, the 24-year-old will not be ready to even come on as a substitute tomorrow.
However, Bastoni should certainly be fit in time for next weekend’s match against Udinese.
Inter do not have a midweek match, and will get a rare occasion to spend the week resting up and training.
And there is little reason to think that Bastoni cannot get back to full fitness in that time. Then he can return against Udinese next weekend without taking any risks with his fitness.
