Roma Lose Mile Svilar to Fractured Pinky Toe at Worst Possible Time
Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar will be sidelined for at least a month due to a non-displaced fracture in his pinky toe. The injury occurred during training, forcing the team to rely on backup goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini.
Why it matters
The loss of a key player impacts team performance and standings in professional sports leagues.
Just when you thought nothing could go wrong for the first-place Giallorossi, disaster struck in perhaps the most Roma Happened way possible. Among the list of players Roma could ill afford to lose, we could toss out names like Paulo Dybala, Donyell Malen, and even young Wesley França, but the man at the very back, Mile Svilar, is arguably the most irreplaceable name in the lineup.
Unfortunately, Gian Piero Gasperini and the Giallorossi will have to do just that. Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's crucial fixture against Como, Gasperini announced that Svilar has suffered a non-displaced fracture of his fifth toe , or what many of our mothers likely called the pinky toe.
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