6 months for a calf – Corriere.it

Postponed once again, and continues to be a coincidence, the return of Mike Maignan. Sidelined with an injury to his left calf (injury of the medial twin), the Frenchman from Milan played his last league match on 18 September 2022, in his first defeat of the season. That of San Siro against Napoli (2-1). Ever, he took the field for the last time in France-Austria, playing 45′, on 22 September 2022.

At the moment, Maignan missed 14 games in Serie Awithout forgetting the four matches in the Champions League group stage
, the round of 16 of the Italian Cup (the Rossoneri were eliminated after the home defeat against Turin on 11 January) and the Italian Super Cup on 18 January in Riyadh (3-0 defeat against Inter). More time is needed to complete the recovery, more likely to be seen again at the end of the month, maximum at the beginning of March.

But there is still no certainty, as there has been none up to now. What is happening then in Maignan? Many rumors of a more serious injury. The certainty, however, only one: the Frenchman continues to work at Milanellothe exams showed improvements, but it is still not easy to establish recovery times.

It seemed he could return to Salerno on 4 January, in the match that remains Milan’s only victory in the new year (then five defeats and two draws), but this didn’t happen. Maignan disappeared due to insufficient response to workloads. In short, for an important player like Mike prudence must be at very high levels. And now the fans are wondering why the Via Aldo Rossi club didn’t intervene in the January transfer market to run for cover.

Devis Vasquez arrived, a Colombian who wore the Guaran Paraguayan shirt, but he was not the deputy Maignan. Currently not considered ready to make his league debut. In addition to that of Ibrahimovic – he could be called up on February 10 against Turin – that of Mike was a devastating absence for the Rossoneri. Not only was he the best goalkeeper in 2021-2022, the Scudetto season, but he also represents a real extra man in building from below. Just think of the assist to Rafael Leao in last season’s match at San Siro against Sampdoria, won by the Diavolo 1-0 (February 13, 2022). A throw of 60-70 meters for the Portuguese, who then did the rest. The emblem of how fundamental Maignan is in the construction of the game.

In addition to giving security to the department with prodigious saves, the mastery he has in the area and in exits. However, Tatarusanu’s way of playing is different, an old-fashioned goalkeeper who doesn’t have the same speed as the Frenchman in restarting the action. So much so that he ended up in the crosshairs in the derby against Inter, the one he lost 1-0 on 5 February. Despite being the man of the match, on the first wrong outing Ciprian was targeted by six teammates, Saelemaekers, Kjaer, Krunic, Thiaw, Theo Hernandez and Tonali. From the images, the only one who remained motionless was Kalulu, standing in front of the goalkeeper. An episode that made the rounds of the web and social media.