Paulo Dybala out for six weeks with knee injury as Roma's top-four hopes suffer blow

[p]According to La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sky Sport Italia, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dybala-paulo/W4myUVXR/"]Dybala[/a] underwent surgery in Rome on Friday after suffering [b]"a complete longitudinal tear of the external meniscus"[/b].[/p][p]The 2022 World Cup winner cut short Thursday's training session with what [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]Roma[/a] initially described as "muscle fatigue".[/p][p][b]He is expected to be out for 45 days, which means he will miss seven Italian league matches and the Europa League round of 16 tie against fellow Italian club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bologna/0M9xNN8N/"]Bologna[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="f6ea73a3-22fe-4048-921d-50253a11ff3c" url="https://x.com/SkySport/status/2029866075169402913" social-type="twitter" /][p]He did not appear for Roma in February, with the club giving a "knee problem" as the reason. He returned to the bench for the match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] on March 1 but was an unused substitute in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/as-roma-zVqqL0ma/juventus-C06aJvIB/?mid=M7hpVzxq"]3-3 draw[/a].[/p][p][b]Dybala, 32, lost his undisputed starting position at Roma late last season. In this campaign he has scored only two goals in 17 Serie A appearances.[/b][/p][p]Roma are fourth in Serie A, 16 points behind leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter Milan[/a], but only two points behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/napoli/69Dxbc61/"]Napoli[/a] in third and three ahead of fifth-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a].[/p]