Gudmundsson injury, how many and which games he misses with Fiorentina

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On a seemingly perfect day like the 6-0 against Lecce, the only negative note that made Fiorentina coach Palladino turn up his nose was Albert Gudmundsson’s injury: starting as a starter, the Icelandic striker got hurt in the 9th minute and was forced off with Beltran taking his place. The former Genoa player felt a pull on his right thigh flexor during a sprint, and the coach didn’t want to risk it by immediately deciding on the substitution. He hoped there wasn’t an injury, but the stoppage will be quite long. GUDMUNDSSON INJURY, HOW MANY AND WHICH MATCHES DOES HE SKIP WITH FIORENTINA – Gudmundsson will be out for a good month, the injury occurred as an official note also confirmed after the player’s tests: “I/II degree injury to my joint -tendon of the biceps femoris of the right thigh”. After having already missed the match against San Gallo, Palladino will not have the attacker available for the matches against Roma, Genoa, Turin, Apoel and Verona. In the best case scenario he could return after the break for the match against Como, scheduled for November 24th; otherwise he could return on November 28th in the Conference against the Cypriots of Pafos. Much will depend on how the muscle responds to recovery, it is not excluded that we could see him back on the pitch at the beginning of December. WHO PLAYS IN GUDMUNDSSON’S PLACE IN FIORENTINA – While waiting to have the Icelandic striker available again, Palladino will have to find solutions up front. There are various hypotheses: the first is the one that leads to Beltràn as Kean’s sidekick, but also watch out for Kouamé and Colpani, who can play behind the former Juventus player. Among the experiments that the coach will carry out is also that of advancing one of Bove and Adli in the attacking midfield position, to act as a link between midfield and attack, filling the position left empty by Gudmundsson.