Italy captain Giorgio Chiellini looks set to miss Sunday’s final Euro 2020 Group A game against Wales with a muscle injury but could be fit for the last 16, sources in the Italian team said Thursday.
The 36-year-old limped off in the first half of Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Switzerland in Rome that put the Azzurri through to the next round with a game to spare.
Chiellini pulled a flexor muscle in his left leg but tests carried out on Thursday did not reveal too serious an injury, the sources said.
If the 109-times capped Juventus defender cannot play against Wales on Sunday, “the goal remains for him to recover for the next matches”, and in particular for the last 16, a source said.