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Italian capital club left-back Max Tonetto strained his left thigh during Friday's training session and will likely miss both legs of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match against the English league leaders club.
The 32-year-old footballer received his first call-up to play for the Italian national team in the 2008 European Championship qualifiers against Scotland last Wednesday but did not make his debut as additional tests conducted on Monday revealed the severity of his injury, which is expected to keep him out for about four weeks.
On a brighter note for Luciano Spalletti's "Roma" team, Romanian national team midfielder Cristian Chivu recovered from a nose injury suffered in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 against French champions "Lyon" on March 6th and is ready to return to the squad. The 26-year-old Romanian will wear a protective mask in the first leg of the quarterfinal match in Manchester against local team "Man Utd."
Yesterday, "Roma," currently in second place in the Serie A, played a 1-1 draw against "Milan" in the 29th round, trailing league leaders Inter by 17 points but with one game less played.
