Lazio's injury blow sidelines Tavares and Sutalo for three weeks

Lazio will be without full‑back Nuno Tavares and centre‑back Josip Sutalo for at least three weeks after muscular lesions were diagnosed following injuries sustained in the 1‑1 draw recently with Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the capital on Sunday.

Both players picked up the injuries during that match, and subsequent medical tests confirmed muscular lesions for each of them. The setbacks forced Tavares to withdraw from Nations League duty with Portugal and Sutalo to pull out for Croatia.

On OCTOBER 24, the match took place in ROME, ITALY, where Tavares contested the ball with Enrico DelPrato of Parma Calcio at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, in October.

The duo are expected to miss Lazio’s upcoming Serie A fixtures against Lecce and Torino, though coach Gennaro Gattuso hopes they will be available again in the first week of December.

Sutalo is on loan from Ajax with an option to buy and has made eight Serie A appearances for the Biancocelesti since joining on 22 August, while Tavares has contributed one goal and four assists in eleven Serie A games this season, despite a long history of muscular injuries.