Napoli on alert: injury in friendly for Lukaku, his condition

Red alert for Italy’s champion Napoli nine days before the start of the championship: Romelu Lukaku suffered a muscle injury during the friendly match against Olympiacos, played in Castel di Sangro and won 2-1 by the Azzurri.

Lukaku collapsed to the ground after a shot on goal, holding his leg.

The Parthenopean team’s medical staff immediately intervened and the player was immediately replaced by Lorenzo Lucca. The Belgian forward reported a left quadriceps strain that will be evaluated in the coming hours.

Antonio Conte is hoping that the alert will return, ahead of the league debut against Sassuolo scheduled for Aug. 23.

The test ended 2-1 for Napoli: Politano opened the scoring on 17′ with a beautiful conclusion to the corner after Anguissa’s suggestion, on 53′ came the doubling by Lorenzo Lucca, Lukaku’s substitute, who materialized with a slide a nice counterattack orchestrated by De Bruyne and McTominay. In the final the goal of the Greeks signed by Ciquinho, after an error in the exit of the new purchase of the Azzurri Milinkovic-Savic.