Juan Skipped Brazil Friendly For Roma

Brazilian international Juan decided to skip the friendly against Mexico to avoid the risk of getting injured ahead of a very important period for his new club Roma.

Brazilian defender Juan has not yet made his debut with his new club Roma, but has already shown his attachment to the Giallorossi cause in the way he handled himself while on international duty with the Seleçao.

The five-times world champions were facing Mexico in a friendly in Boston.

Following the injury sustained during the warm up session before a summer friendly against Juventus, the plan was to have him play 45 minutes of the match against the Mexicans.

However, during Tuesday's training session, he had already felt a pain to his left calf and at that moment he decided it was best not to risk playing against the Mexicans.

"It's better not to take any risks. There's no problem, actually it's better this way because from this Sunday my new team have an incredibly tough run of matches," he allegedly told the Seleçao coach Dunga.

Clearly, this decision shouldn't be seen as a lack of commitment by Juan to his national team, but as a sign of great professionalism and awareness from a highly coscientious player.