Despite the rest day granted by Fonseca to the team, Chris Smalling was yesterday in Trigoria to work, writes the newspaper Corriere della Sera today.
The defender, out of action due to an injury to his left leg flexor, was hurt after a few minutes in the match against Hellas Verona and has already missed the away match in Turin against Juventus.
His is a heavy absence for Paulo Fonseca, but there is no intention of rushing the return because they want to avoid dangerous relapses: for this reason he will not be on the field on Sunday with Udinese and almost certainly also in the next two matches, that is the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League against Braga and the subsequent championship trip to Benevento.
The hope is to have him available for the return at the Olimpico stadium against Braga (25th), but above all for the match against Milan (28th).
