Crystal Palace are sweating on the health of winger Wilfried Zaha after it emerged that he picked up a knock whereas on worldwide responsibility with Ivory Coast.
Zaha missed the Elephant’s loss to England on Tuesday night time and in response to his nationwide staff supervisor Patrice Beaumelle, the participant suffered a hamstring harm within the 2-1 loss towards France.
“After the primary sport, he felt one thing painful behind the hamstring. As a result of we flew (to England) the next day after the sport towards France, after we arrived, as he’s from right here, it was fairly straightforward for us to get an x-ray and he had a grade one or two on the hamstring,” Beaumelle stated when requested about Zaha’s absence.
Beaumelle added that the participant was unhappy for not arising towards England because it has at all times been one in every of his desires to play towards them.
“He was unhappy, me as properly, as a result of, for me, he ought to have performed this sport. For him, it was a dream to play England. That is soccer, and I’ve to grasp as properly that gamers have a busy schedule, and we are able to’t take any dangers.
“With hamstrings, whether it is dangerous, then it’s six weeks or possibly two months – we couldn’t take any dangers. Sadly for me, for him, and for the squad,” he added.
The Eagles have a FA Cup semi-final conflict towards Chelsea in mid-April together with Monday night time’s residence sport towards Arsenal.
