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World Cup star Panini ruled out as Argentina knee injury ends season hopes for Frenchman?

8 articles | Updated 22m ago | Created 14h ago
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Argentine international and former France top scorer Joaquín "Panini" Páez suffered a severe anterior cruciate ligament tear during training on Thursday, ending his 2015-16 Ligue 1 campaign. The Strasbourg striker was initially reported as injured in the World Cup final against Argentina but has since been confirmed to be out for at least part of this season due to the ACL blow sustained while playing with national team colors earlier that day.

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    Argentina striker Joaquin Panichelli suffered an ACL tear during training while playing for his national team.
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    The knee injury is expected to end Panichelli's Ligue 1 season before it concludes in March.
Mar 27, 09:45 "Football : blesse au genou droit avec l'Argentine", Panichelli pourrait manquer toute la fin de saison (Lefigaro.fr)

Joaquin Panichelli suffered an ACL tear during training for Argentina less than three months before World Cup 2025.

— [Mar 27, 14:36] Arynews

Panini has been ruled out of the rest of Ligue 1 due to a season-ending knee injury sustained while playing international football against his country's rivals in March

— [Mar 25, 09:48] Sports.yahoo.com