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Milan lose Storari for a month
Tuesday 20 October, 2009
Milan will be without goalkeeper Marco Storari for a month due to a thigh injury, so Nelson Dida takes over the gloves.
The Italian pulled out of Sunday night’s 2-1 win over Roma after sustaining a problem in training and the test results are now back.
“Storari tore the tendon in his left thigh muscle and the recovery time is expected to be 30 days,” read a statement on the club website.
He had been the fourth choice during the summer, but with Christian Abbiati injured and poor friendly performances from Dida and Zeljko Kalac, Leonardo reshuffled his priorities.
Dida (pictured) had not made a single appearance in official games this season before he played in the 2-1 victory against Roma.
He will make his Champions League comeback against Real Madrid tomorrow evening.
The goalkeeper on the bench will be 19-year-old Antonio Donnarumma, one of three youth academy members in the squad travelling to Madrid.
Oguchi Onyewu, Gennaro Gattuso and David Di Gennaro are also absent.
I guess a thigh muscle tear isn't as serious as it seems, as I remember Jared Borgetti doing likewise during the '06 WC and not missing any game time.
(Psst...Poor friendly performances? Dida didn't play
once during the preseason. Do your research, FI.)