Gonçalo Ramos is injured. Problem for Ruben Amorim... and Jorge Jesus?

Clast-minute time for Ruben Amorim. According to early information, this Wednesday, by the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, Gonçalo Ramos contracted a muscle injury, in the last training before the meeting of the third league phase of the Europa League, which will put, face to face, Bournemouth and AC Milan.

For now, the diagnosis is of a “distension of the soleus muscle of the twin of the left leg”, which immediately removes it from the list of players called for the trip to Dean Court, in a match that has initial whistle scheduled for 8 p.m. (in Continental Portugal time) on Thursday. However, a reassessment will be necessary.

On Thursday, the medical department of rossoneri will try to understand exactly what happened with the Portuguese international, and, at best, it may even be reinstated in the lot of compatriot elected for the duel of the eighth round of Serie A, before Udinese, next Sunday, at Stadio Friuli.

However, it is not ruled out the possibility that it will prove to be a more serious problem, which may even move it away from the lawns for “several weeks”, a scenario that would also ‘slow the alarms’ in Portugal’s main selection, given the proximity of the last two days of the League of Nations group phase.

The team of quinas will measure forces with Denmark (on November 14, Braga Municipal Stadium) and Wales (on November 17, Cardiff City Stadium), and Jorge Jesus, who will unveil the list of summoned, will soon follow with particular concern the evolution of the physical state of the 25-year-old player.

Bad luck at the worst possible time

Acquired from Paris Saint-Germain, in the past summer transfer market, for a sum of EUR 74 million, Gonçalo Ramos is caught up in injury precisely during the period when he was beginning to be able to silence the ‘ferocious’ criticisms of which he has been targeted.

The Portuguese international scored two goals in the last two games of AC Milan, which resulted in victories over Salzburg (for the Europa League by 0-4) and Atalanta (for Serie A by 3-2), but it will even have to stop for physical reasons at least for the visit to Udinese next weekend.

A setback that, in the worst of scenarios, will also stop its claim as the main reference of the national selection, which it acquired, at the last stop for international commitments, especially when Cristiano Ronaldo was abandoned, in disagreement with the management of which Jorge Jesus was targeted.

The player formed in Benfica contributed three goals and a assist to the triumphs over Norway (by 1-2 and 2-1) and Denmark (by 2-4), making it clear that he was prepared to ‘make forget’ the captain of the team of quinces, but it will be his physical evolution to determine whether he will be ready to carry out this task.