In Empoli, Paul Pogba appeared for the second time on the field this season, after 161 minutes played last season. The Frenchman's fragility was born at the time of Manchester United and is constantly torturing the midfielder at Juventus.
How long will it take, the analyzes will tell. When you live an ordeal like that of Paul Pogba, you lose all security and every pain is not an alarm bell, it is an ambulance siren. As his teammates celebrated with the fans for the victory in Empoli, he left the stadium with the medical staff.
"He felt a discomfort in the back of his leg," said coach Allegri. The championship break may help him at the moment, but as soon as he was seen limping on the pitch, the fear of another injury was on everyone's mind.
Since July 23, 2022, when he damaged the meniscus of his right knee in the American tournament, Pogba has only had trouble. At first he did conservative therapy, then the surgical intervention that denied him the World Cup in Qatar. The Frenchman is a physically fragile player. In the last season with Manchester United, he played 27 games, in the penultimate 22.
In his first year with Juventus, he played 10 games and 161 minutes in total. Never more than half an hour on the field. Constant stoppages, resulting from the knee problem, muscle pulls, thigh injuries and so on, have accompanied him the entire time.
The return for this season was predicted after the interruption of the championship, but Pogba had given good signals in the summer tests. He did not play in Udine, 24 minutes with Bologna and 28 minutes with Empoli, but again injury. The curse continues for the French footballer.