Argentinian injured in penalty: Paulo Dybala’s unbelievable bad luck at the World Cup

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Paulo Dybala’s unbelievable bad luck at the World Cup

Paulo Dybala is 28 years old. He still has a maximum of two world championships in him. But the Argentine in the employ of AS Roma could now miss the first opportunity. A good month before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, he was injured in a penalty kick. His coach has little hope.

Paulo Dybala just wanted to take a penalty. He shouldn’t have done it. The AS Roma midfielder scored from the spot against US Lecce in the 48th minute and his goal gave Roma a 2-1 win, but it was his last action. Not only in the Serie A game, but very likely this year as well. Which is very, very annoying for the Argentine, who had high hopes of participating in the World Cup in Qatar.

“I would say it looks bad. Not to say: very, very bad,” said Roma coach José Mourinho after the game at DAZN: “Unfortunately, it’s rather very bad than just bad.” Which is not good news for Dybala, who is about to end the World Cup. Because time is running out on him. The controversial tournament in the desert of Qatar begins in little more than a month.

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“I’m not a doctor, I haven’t spoken to a doctor either, but from my experience and from what Paulo told me, it’s going to be very close,” added Mourinho of Dybala, who suffered a muscle injury on his penalty kick and was substituted had to be treated immediately with thick ice packs.

The 34-time Argentina international switched from Juventus Turin to Roma in the summer and was in good form. In eleven appearances this season, most of them as a hanging top, he scored seven goals. He was credited with an assist on two more goals for Roma.

Dybala currently plays only a minor role in Argentina’s squad coached by Luis Scaloni. The 28-year-old has sometimes been part of the squad and sometimes not in recent months. He made his last appearance for one of the big World Cup favorites in early June against Italy. At that time he had exactly one minute of playing time. So while the penalty could turn into a major tragedy for him, it’s very unlikely to have much of an effect on Argentina’s performance around superstar Lionel Messi.

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