Cagliari, headstone for Ranieri: Leonardo Pavoletti’s injury is serious

Compound fracture for Leonardo Pavoletti

The home match against Napoli allowed Cagliari to pick up a vital point in the fight not to relegate, but Claudio Ranieri’s smile found on Monday a not insignificant crack: the Roman coach will in fact have to do without Leonardo Pavoletti in the coming weeks, due to an injury whose nature è has been clarified by the club’s medical staff.

"As a result of a contusion-distortion injury to his right foot sustained yesterday in the match, Leonardo Pavoletti è underwent diagnostic tests today that showed a compound articular fracture of the base of the fourth metatarsal. The injury will require conservative treatment, the player will begin in the coming days the therapeutic process" read on the official website of Cagliari.

Pavoletti had entered 61' of the match against Napoli, taking over from Gianluca Lapadula. The veteran rossoblù, in the island since the 2017/18 season, however, suffered the examined foot injury today after a clash of play with Juan Jesus after just 15 minutes on the pitch, forcing Claudio Ranieri to replace him with Andrea Petagna.

The one caught by Cagliari è the second consecutive draw for the Rossoblù, after the one against Udinese (match also ended on 1-1). Previously, ranieri’s team had lost four consecutive matches, against Frosinone (3-1 at the Stirpe), Torino (1-2 at the Unipol Domus), Roma (4-0 at the Olimpico) and Lazio (1-3 at home).