Scotland concern as Serie A star suffers injury while fellow international embroiled in La Liga controversy
How Scotland players fared in Italy and Spain
Scotland are facing an injury sweat over Che Adams after the Torino striker limped off during his side’s 1-0 home defeat to Fiorentina on Sunday.
Adams lasted just 17 minutes of the Serie A match in Turin before being forced off the pitch with an apparent muscle injury to his left thigh. The 28-year-old has enjoyed a fine start to life in the Italian top flight with four goals in nine starts for Il Toro since making the move from Southampton in the summer transfer window. He will now undergo a scan to determine the extent of his injury but his participation in the derby against Juventus next weekend is now in serious jeopardy.
He is also now a major doubt for Scotland’s upcoming Nations League double-header against Croatia and Poland with head coach Steve Clarke due to name his squad on Monday. Scotland host Croatia at Hampden on Friday, November 15 before travelling to Poland for their concluding Group A1 fixture on Monday, November 18.
Elsewhere in Serie A, Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay suffered their first defeat with Napoli after the league leaders went down 3-0 at home to Atalanta. A first-half double from Ademola Lookman and a late third from substitute Mateo Retegui did the damage as Atalanta moved to within three points of top spot. Both Scots started the match at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with Gilmour replaced on 62 minutes while McTominay completed the full 90 minutes .
It marked the end of a 10-match unbeaten run for Napoli and is the the first time the club has lost since the arrival of the Scotland duo with the club’s previous defeat, 3-0 away at Verona, taking place on the opening day of the season, before McTominay and Gilmour had completed their transfers from Manchester United and Brighton respectively. The result also adds further perspective to Celtic’s recent Champions League draw in Bergamo and how well they did to keep a clean sheet against the top scorers in Serie A so far this season, with Atalanta notching 29 goals in 11 matches.
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