Interesting fact: there are only three players this season in Serie A with 14 goals: Pato, Ibrahimovic and Robinho.

Happy for Udinese, I like their style and prefer them over Lazio any day. Won't be easy for them in the qualification of the CL since they will be unseeded and can meet teams like Bayern and Arsenal.

It sucks. I mean if this was another thigh injury I'd understand but he fell on his shoulder and dislocated it. that kind of injury could happen to anyone and has got nothing to do with being injury prone... just with bad luck.

But looking at the glass half full, this could be a blessing in disguise for us. who knows if he wouldn't have picked up another bad muscular injury in the Copa and missed the pre-season and a couple of the season games? we all want him to do well for us first of all.

Hope he can handle missing all these important international tournaments though!

Nah,it would have been a really good experience for him to be in the coppa imo.

I didn't say it wouldn't. don't get me wrong, I was really looking forward to seeing him in the Copa and now I'm pissed off as hell. but we know his muscles probably can't handle playing in an intense tournament after a long injury-plagued season anyway. there's a good chance that he would've injured himself again. there's no denying that.

Yeah,I get where you're coming from.

According to Galliani, he said Pato's injury isn't bad as first feared. He might be out for two to three weeks.

Some rays of hope... fingers crossed he makes it.

Yep, as much as it would be a rest for him not to participate in the Copa, such an important international tournament overall could do good to him in terms of experience. Hell, I expect him to lead Brazil's attack for the next WC.