Italy : Serie A injured & suspended list (with statistics)

Giorgio Chiellini will miss the first leg of Juventus' UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie against Fulham on Thursday, but scans showed his left thigh injury is less serious than feared. The 25-year-old centre-back was hurt during the 2-1 victory at Fiorentina on Saturday. Chiellini, who has contested 25 games in Serie A and six in Europe this season, will be sidelined for about a week.

Alexandre Pato has been included in Milan's 22-man squad for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League last-16 return leg against Manchester United at Old Trafford. The Milan striker missed Saturday's goalless draw at Roma having sustained a hamstring strain the previous weekend. Pato will travel to England, where the Serie A side need to overturn a 3-2 first leg deficit, but whether he will be fit to play remains to be seen. The Brazilian has been in superb form for Milan this season, scoring 12 goals in Serie A and two in the UEFA Champions League.

Chievo Verona coach Domenico Di Carlo and Parma forward Davide Lanzafame have become the first professionals to be suspended as a result of Italian football's blasphemy crackdown. Di Carlo uttered a blasphemous expression during last weekend's 2-1 victory over Cagliari and will miss Sunday's match at Bari. Lanzafame was also banned for Sunday's trip to Siena after committing the same offence in Parma's 1-0 win over Sampdoria.

The bans are the first under new anti-blasphemy rules that took effect in Italy this month. The Italian Football Federation decided last month that the time had come for disciplinary action to be taken against players and coaches heard taking God's name in vain. The judge based his ruling on a report from an official of the federation, while Italian referees were also told last week to give red cards to players they hear blaspheming.

Milan have suffered a huge blow after top scorer Alexandre Pato limped out of Sunday's Serie A win over Atalanta. The Brazilian striker scored twice in his team's 3-1 win over Atalanta but went off with a thigh injury and looks almost certain to miss Saturday's league match at rivals Roma and possibly their UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg at Manchester United on March 10, where Milan have to reverse a 3-2 deficit. Pato has been in superb form this season, with Sunday's brace taking his league tally to 12 goals from 17 starts, and he has scored two goals in seven UEFA Champions League games.

Fiorentina will be without striker Alberto Gilardino and midfielder Juan Vargas against Lazio. Gilardino, who scored in the 2-1 loss to Milan on Wednesday, has failed to recover from a knock to his knee during the same match. Vargas has an ankle injury. Also out of action is defender Cesare Natali, as well as long-term absentees Adrian Mutu, Alessandro Gamberini and Mario Alberto Santana.

Juventus have confirmed Amauri will be out of action for at least 25 days following the injury he sustained against Ajax in the Europa League. The 29-year-old was replaced after 15 minutes as Juve held on for a 2-1 aggregate victory – thanks to Amauri's two goals last week in Amsterda. The tests on Friday confirmed muscle damage. Amauri has scored 5 goals in 23 games this season. David Trezeguet is expected to start in Amauri's absence.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will be out of action for a month after suffering a thigh injury in training. The 32-year-old pulled a muscle on Tuesday and he is likely to miss six games for Juventus, as well as Italy's friendly against Cameroon in March. Left-back Fabio Grosso also picked up a muscle injury and has been ruled out of Thursday's UEFA Europa League game against Ajax in Turin.

Coach Jose Mourinho was banned for three league matches after making a handcuffs gesture and insulting officials during Saturday's controversial 0-0 home draw with Sampdoria. Defenders Walter Samuel and Ivan Cordoba received one-game bans for their dismissals but team mates Esteban Cambiasso and Sulley Muntari were given two-match bans for off-the-field incidents. Inter said they will appeal against the ban imposed on Mourinho as well as the suspensions awarded to Cambiasso and Muntari.

Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar has returned to training after being involved in a car accident just outside Inter's San Siro stadium on Sunday. The 30-year-old suffered lacerations to his face and bruising to his body in the crash and was unable to train on Monday. Fortunately, Cesar did not suffer any major injury and should be fit for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League clash against Chelsea.

Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi will miss the upcoming match against Bari because of flu. Inzaghi has added to the injury woes for the Rossoneri as Seedorf, Kaladze and Antonini are also sidelined.

Fiorentina have been dealt a major blow ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League match at Bayern Munich with news that defender Alessandro Gamberini has sustained a dislocated shoulder. The 28-year-old centre-back sustained the injury in the early stages of Fiorentina's 2-0 loss to Sampdoria, the club's fifth Serie A game without a win. Mario Santana also left Saturday's game injured and will have his calf injury assessed in the coming days.

UEFA have confirmed Adrian Mutu is ineligible for Fiorentina's Champions League match against Bayern Munich next week. The Romanian striker has been banned by the Italian Olympic Committee for failing a doping test last month and European football's governing body have stopped the 31-year-old from featuring in the Italian club's last 16 first-leg clash. Mutu continues to maintain his innocence, claiming he took the anorectic substance Sibutramine by accident.