
<p>Paul Pogba looks set to miss yet another match on Thursday. Injuries have ravaged the Frenchman’s playing time in his comeback season with <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/juventus-tv-schedule/">Juventus</a>. The midfielder has managed just two substitute appearances in all competitions during the current campaign. However, his latest issue isn’t because of another injury setback.</p>



<h2>Pogba out for disciplinary reasons, tardy for meeting</h2>



<p><em><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12829508/paul-pogba-left-out-of-juventus-squad-for-europa-league-match-with-freiburg-due-to-disciplinary-reasons-report-sky-in-italy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sky Sports</a></em> in Italy are reporting that Pogba will not be in the squad for a <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/europa-league-tv-schedule/">Europa League</a> matchup with Freiburg on Thursday because of disciplinary reasons. The 29-year-old midfielder apparently showed up late to a team function on Wednesday.</p>



<p>Pogba only just recovered from a nasty knee injury in late February. He made his season debut with Juve in a game against Torino on February 28th. The midfielder also played 13 minutes during a defeat to Roma on Sunday as well.</p>



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<div class="ck-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Paul Pogba has not been called up for Europa League game vs Freiburg due to disciplinary reasons 🚨⚪️⚫️🇫🇷 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UEL</a><br><br>No new injuries — but Pogba arrived late yesterday evening and he won’t be part of Juventus list. <a href="https://t.co/Ag6CjW56Cb">pic.twitter.com/Ag6CjW56Cb</a></p>— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1633807837301284870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<h5>Manager hinted at possible setback on Wednesday</h5>



<p>In his pre-match Europa League press conference, Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri claimed that there was a possible setback for his midfield star. “Yesterday Pogba did a good training session. Today he rested and tomorrow morning we will know if he is available,” Allegri <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/paul-pogba-juventus-allegri-europa-29414357" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">told</a> reporters. “Today he didn’t work with the team. I think he’s available, but we’ll see.” It remains to be seen if the setback was an aggravation of the knee injury or just a lack of discipline.</p>



<p>The Pogba situation adds frustrations to the already tough season at Juventus. The club was previously <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/juventus-points-deduction-executive-bans-possible-20230120-WST-416234.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">docked 15 Serie A points</a> because of false accounting by team officials. Without the penalty, the 36-time Italian champions would be sitting second in the standings. Nevertheless, the Old Lady is currently seventh in the table, 12 points from a <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/champions-league-tv-schedule/">Champions League</a> place.</p>



<p>Potentially winning the Europa League may be Juve’s best chances at qualifying for the Champions League next season. The Italians, however, need their best players fit and available to make a deep run in the competition.</p>



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