Lassina Traoré suffered a serious injury in Shakhtar Donetsk’s match against Inter Milan in the Champions League on Sept. 28. It’s a devastating blow and the situation remains bleak for the football club. According to Shakhtar Donetsk’s medical department head, Traoré’s recovery will take anywhere between nine months and a year. The Burkina Faso forward will need knee surgery, which leaves Shakhtar in a precarious position as he was Shakhtar’s top scorer for the 21/22 season so far.
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Shakhtar Donetsk's forward Lassina Traore is taken off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League football match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv on Sept. 28, 2021.
