Lazio's Rocchi will miss at least five weeks

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08/19/2008 - Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lazio will be without Tommaso Rocchi for at least five weeks after he fractured his leg while participating at the Olympic Games.

The 30-year-old captain of the Rome club was Italy's only over-age player at the tournament in Beijing and medical tests have now revealed a hairline fracture.

"The player will undergo a specific rehabilitative physiotherapy program in anticipation of further medical tests planned for the beginning of September," read a club statement.

"At the current moment and based on the checks done, the diagnosis has been confirmed as 40 days absence if there are no complications."

(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)

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