Achile's elbow

The beginning of 2009 is a nightmare for Mutu. He dreamed of the goal no. 100 in Italy and he also wished to be guarded against other injuries but the first game after the holidays, 1-2 with Lecce, ended terrible, three days after the anniversary of 30 years. :( The Romanian defender dislocated again his left elbow, which created him a lot of problems at the beginning of this season and that is why he missed us very much in the match with Lithuania at Cluj.

Title at Viola yesterday, Adrian tried to score in the first half, but he couldn’t surprise Benussi from two free kicks. So, because he was kept very well, he couldn’t score. The nightmare called Benussi followed him even after the break. In the 50 minute, in an air duel for the ball, the goalkeeper from Lecce unbalanced him and "the Brilliant" fallen down on his elbow. The impact with the ground provoked him a howl. The doctors came immediately on the field. It was serious! They took him out of the stadium on the hand barrow and he was replaced by Osvaldo. We were afraid not to be a fracture. Mutu risks to miss the "double" with Serbia and Austria.

Just a dislocation
Fortunately, Adrian suffered just a dislocation. The doctor Violei, Paolo Manetti, ameliorated his pain on the ground and then he nursed him in the locker room. It was not necessary to be transported to the hospital for the radiographies. The elbow had been immobilized in a gypsum fascia and only today around the noon he will go for the analyses to the professor Bufalini. According to the first results, the injury will send Mutu on the bench for a few weeks, not more than one month, including the recovery.

“Mutu’s injury could change our mercato strategy and not to cede Pazzini in the winter"
Cesare Prandelli, the coach of Florentine

He got injured when playing at the national team
The first time, Mutu got injured this summer. On august, 18th, before the friendly match with Latvia, Adrian fall down on his left elbow in a training and he left the training camp. He was taken to the hospital and stood three weeks on the touch, missing the official matches with Latvia and Feroe. He came with a goal on 14th September in the match with Naples. But he still had pains and he was forced to wear an elbow protection made of silicon, which limited again his movement on the field for a few weeks.

He could miss the match with Croatia?
If the recovery takes one month, Mutu could have little chances to play in the friendly match with Croatia, from 11th February. This way he could rid of the hostile reaction of the fans from Ghencea. It is certain that, because of the dislocated elbow, Adi will miss from Florentine in a difficult period and he misses the great matches with Milan (playing away), Juventus (at home) and Naples (playing away) plus the matches with Bologna and Lazio. He might enter against Genoa, on 15th February.