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Milan’s Onyewu to undergo surgery in America

Submitted by Andrew Slevison on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 01:37

AC Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu will return to the United States to undergo surgery for a torn knee tendon this week.

The 27-year old sustained the injury whilst on international duty with USA against Costa Rica last week and will now have the operation in California before undertaking rehabilitation.

Onyewu’s injury is likely to keep him out of action for up to four months and it has drawn criticism from AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani who said after the following injury was confirmed: “I’m very angry because once again the national teams take our players and we have to pay the consequences of the injuries.”

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Matches

Home Away Score Time
Thu Feb 9th
Lazio Cesena 3 - 2 19:45
Sat Feb 11th
Udinese Milan 1 - 2 17:00
Cagliari Palermo 2 - 1 19:45
Napoli Chievo - 23:00
Siena Roma - 23:00
Lazio Cesena - 23:00
Sun Feb 12th
Cagliari Palermo - 14:00
Napoli Chievo - 14:00
Atalanta Lecce 0 - 0 14:00
Siena Roma - 14:00
Parma Fiorentina - 14:00
Udinese Milan - 14:00
Catania Genoa 4 - 0 14:00
Internazionale Novara 0 - 1 14:00
Lazio Cesena - 14:00
Bologna Juventus - 19:45
Mon Feb 13th
Napoli Chievo 2 - 0 19:45
Siena Roma 1 - 0 19:45
Wed Mar 7th
Parma Fiorentina - 17:30
Bologna Juventus - 17:30
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Tables

Team P W D L GD PTS
Milan 23 14 5 4 25 47
Juventus 21 12 9 0 20 45
Lazio 23 12 6 5 13 42
Udinese 23 12 5 6 12 41
Internazionale 23 11 3 9 4 36
Roma 23 10 5 8 9 35
Napoli 23 8 10 5 14 34
Palermo 23 9 4 10 -1 31
Genoa 22 9 3 10 -11 30
Cagliari 23 7 9 7 -2 30
Fiorentina 21 7 7 7 4 28
Catania 21 6 9 6 -2 27
Parma 21 7 6 8 -7 27
Chievo 23 7 6 10 -11 27
Atalanta 22 7 9 6 -2 24
Siena 22 5 8 9 0 23
Bologna 21 5 7 9 -8 22
Lecce 23 4 6 13 -16 18
Cesena 22 4 4 14 -19 16
Novara 23 3 7 13 -22 16
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