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As already mentioned earlier, Argentine national team and AC Milan champion Julio Ricardo Cruzas will miss the UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday against Lisbon's Sporting.
However, today, after further investigations, it turned out that the injury is much more serious than was initially thought, and the Argentinian will need at least two months to fully recover.
The 32-year-old player suffered a knee ligament injury in the Sunday match against Reggina, which will require the player to rest for at least eight weeks.
J.R.Cruzas, who has been demonstrating good form this season, has scored twice in the Italian championship and three goals in the Champions League in two matches.
J.R.Cruz's absence from the main team lineup could bring back 24-year-old Brazilian Adriano, who has not been in Mancini's starting lineup for a few weeks. However, the coach believes that the powerful player will bring a lot of benefit.
"He hasn't played in a month, so he needs to play because Adriano is not yet 100 percent ready," said R.Mancini.
An early goal by Hernan Crespo for Inter in the match against Reggina earned a very important victory for the team, and the coach was pleased to gain three more points: "It was a very tough match. I have to compliment the team of Reggina because they played excellently at certain moments."
"We started the match very well, scored a quick goal, but then Reggina gave us quite a few problems," added R. Mancini. - "They had two good chances and at the moment we are very lucky they couldn't take advantage of them. The second half was much better for us."
Currently, the Inter club leads the Serie A standings with 30 points, followed by Palermo with three points behind, and Roma in third place.
