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It wouldn\u2019t be an international break without us having some sort of concern about a Juventus player returning to Turin after playing a game or two with some sort of injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
And it looks like Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o will be our first \u2014 and hopefully only \u2014 concern when it comes to Juve players returning from their national team duty with an injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Or, when it comes to Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, being forced to leave their national team camp early due to an injury. Which, as you can probably guess by connecting the dots, is what happened for Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, who returned to Turin on Monday after withdrawing from the Portugal camp due to an apparent muscle injury, according to a statement from the country\u2019s federation<\/a>. After arriving back in Italy, Concei\u00e7\u00e3o basically went straight from Turin-Caselle Airport to JMedical to be evaluated as quick as possible so that Juventus can deem the severity ahead of this weekend\u2019s Derby d\u2019Italia against Inter Milan at the Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Concei\u00e7\u00e3o was an unused sub in Portugal\u2019s 5-0 win over Armenia in their World Cup qualifier this past Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Portugal\u2019s statement on Concei\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019s injury status read as follows: \u201cThe player had muscular discomfort and was declared unfit for the game against Hungary by the FPF Health and Performance director.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Considering how quickly Concei\u00e7\u00e3o went from the Turin airport over to JMedical upon his return to Italy, it\u2019s pretty evident that Juventus want immediate answers when it comes to just how severe this injury may be. As you can already guess, it\u2019s feeling pretty safe to say Concei\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019s status for the clash with Inter on Saturday is now up in the air. What happens beyond that is hard to say, which will be crucial to see once the scans are completed and Juve actually release the details of how long he may be out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But if Concei\u00e7\u00e3o is out for even a couple of weeks, it will open up an opportunity for either summer signings who arrived on Deadline Day in Edon Zhegrova Lo\u00efs Openda or possibly Teun Koopmeiners, who has played more a deeper role in the double pivot so far this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n