Paul Pogba is out through injury for his first start of the season

The nightmare continues for Paul Pogba. Holder for the first time of the season with Juventus against Cremonese, Sunday May 14, the French midfielder did not even see the end of the first period. After 23 minutes of play, he stopped, visibly embarrassed in the thigh, and had to leave the field, in tears and his face buried in his jersey.

This new injury comes to punctuate a difficult season for the 2018 world champion. Touched in the meniscus then operated on the knee, an operation which had made him miss the World Cup with the Blues, he had not been able to play with Juventus, which he joined in the 2022 summer transfer window, before February. A torn groin kept him sidelined again for several weeks in March and April, before he regained his place in the squad.

Hard blow for the Blues

It is therefore a new blow for the Turin club, still engaged in the Europa League and in the fight for qualification in the Champions League. But also for the Blues, just over two weeks from the list of Didier Deschamps, announced on May 31, for the next qualifying matches for Euro 2024, at the beginning of June.