Dejan Stanković, who has caused those searching for goalporn in recent weeks to drool over his shots from distance against Schalke 04 and AS Roma, will now likely miss the next three weeks with Inter Milan. The attacking midfielder, who failed to impress in the first half of Saturday's match against Lazio, came off in the second half with a thigh strain. Perhaps it was aggravated by attempting to sink yet another impressive goal, rather than send the ball into the net from a nice safe distance?
Dejan Stankovic To Miss Up To Three Weeks With Thigh Strain
Whatever it was, Stank is now facing a few weeks on the sidelines, but fortunately Leonardo has plenty of attacking objects sitting around collecting dust. Strangely enough, the coach replaced Stanković with McDonald Mariga on Saturday, but that may have been due to tiredness to others after the midweek Coppa Italia match against Roma. The nerazzurri have Giampaolo Pazzini and Goran Pandev both available, meaning Inter may switch to an even more attack-minded formation this weekend against Cesena, who will be fighting hard for a point to keep themselves above the relegation zone.
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