Marchisio out with muscle injury

Marchisio out with muscle injury

AFP

Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio is expected to miss the Italian champions' first two games of the league season after the club confirmed he had suffered a muscle problem.

The Italian international has suffered "a grade one tear" in his right thigh muscle, according to a club statement, and is expected to be sidelined for around 20 days. Juventus, who won a league and Cup double last season but lost to Barcelona in the final of the UEFA Champions League, open the 2015/16 season at home to Udinese on Sunday.

The first major challenge of the season for Massimiliano Allegri's 31-time champions is their away trip to Roma, who finished distant runners-up last season, on 30 August.