Antonio Raimondo, Frosinone's 22-year-old forward, suffered a multi-ligament injury to his left ankle during the ciociari's 2-0 home victory against Torino on matchday ten of Serie A 2026-27, casting serious doubt over the next phase of his breakthrough season.
The timing is particularly cruel. Raimondo had been the central figure in one of the division's most compelling stories: eight goals in ten Serie A appearances, an average match rating of 7.33, and a direct contribution to Massimiliano Alvini's Frosinone climbing to sixth place on 20 points. That platform — built on genuine attacking output, not flattering fixtures — now belongs to someone else to defend.
The injury arrived in a match Frosinone won without him needing to be decisive. Goals from Fares Ghedjemis and Calò secured the three points and extended the club's run of home dominance to five consecutive victories at their ground. The result pushed Frosinone to 20 points from ten matches, a record of six wins, two draws and two defeats, with 24 goals scored and 14 conceded. The squad, clearly, has depth. But Raimondo's absence removes the player who had been doing the most damage.
Eight goals in ten matches is not a pace that accumulates quietly. It places Raimondo among the division's most productive forwards at this stage of the campaign, and it had begun to raise questions about whether a player with an AI overall of 75 out of 100 and a potential of 82 was being undervalued by the market. Those questions now sit in suspension.
Multi-ligament injuries to the ankle vary considerably in recovery timelines, and Frosinone's official communication confirmed the severity without specifying a return date. What the club did not say matters as much as what they did: there was no reassuring language about a short-term absence. Alvini's side will need to reconfigure their attacking approach for however long Raimondo is sidelined — a significant tactical problem for a team that has scored 24 times in ten matches and is chasing a European place.
The 5-1 demolition of Lecce on matchday nine, in which Raimondo featured alongside Birligea, now reads as the peak of a partnership that may not reconvene for some time. Frosinone remain sixth, one of the league's genuine overachievers, but the player most responsible for that standing is now watching from the treatment table.