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Argentine Forward Joaquin Panichelli Faces Major Knee Issue Before World Cup

Argentine Forward Joaquin Panichelli Faces Major Knee Issue Before World Cup
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The 23-year-old has featured just once for the current World Cup champions but was lined up to appear in Fridays friendly against Mauritius.

Panichelli tops the goal charts in Frances Ligue 1 this term with 16 strikes for Strasbourg.

The Argentina squad posted on social media that he will have medical checks to gauge the damage.

Yet reports from local sources claim he has ruptured his ACL and will sit out the World Cup across the United States, Mexico and Canada, kicking off on June 11th.

Argentina begins their title defence on June 16th versus Algeria, then takes on Austria and Jordan in Group J of the broadened 48-team event.