The two players suffered a knock on Saturday.
Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri gave an encouraging update on the midfielder and the attacker.
Maurizio Sarri confirmed Gonzalo Higuain was conscious and lucid after a blow to the head left the Juventus striker needing a stretcher at full-time in a 1-1 draw with Lecce. Higuain came off worse in an aerial collision with goalkeeper Gabriel late in Saturday’s entertaining Serie A match at Stadio Via del Mare.
Medical staff applied bandages to the Argentinian’s bloodied head and he completed the match as normal, unleashing multiple shots as the visitors attempted to reclaim the lead. His condition reportedly worsened after the final whistle and he had to be carried from the pitch.
“Gonzalo is having stitches, then they will decide whether to take him to the hospital,” Sarri said in a post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia. “He is conscious and responding clearly. I think he will come back with to Turin.”
Juve earlier lost Miralem Pjanic to a muscle problem on a costly day. The Bosnia inmternational also limped off midway through Juventus’ Serie A game at Lecce on Saturday with a suspected hamstring injury. He pulled up sharply before requiring medical attention and left the field very gingerly 67 minutes in.
Serie A champions had been pegged back to 1-1 after Marco Mancosu’s 56th-minute penalty cancelled out Paulo Dybala’s own successful conversion from 12 yards. Pjanic has featured in every competitive game for Juventus this season, proving himself to be pivotal during the early stages of Maurizio Sarri’s reign.
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