It ends in tears: Paul Pogba gets badly injured on his first start of the season

Paul Pogba's nightmare continues. It took the Frenchman until mid-May to get his first start of the season for Juventus. And when he finally made it - he got injured again.

Juventus faced Cremonese on Sunday night at their Allianz Stadium, but the biggest impact of the night wasn't some goal or the game outcome, but the tears Pogba couldn't contain as he was walking off the pitch, injured, substituted and ashamed.

The French international collapsed by the left touchline holding his leg, with an expression of desolation on his face. Head in hands, hands over eyes, attempts of his fellow players and coach Massimiliano Allegri to console him... the nightmare has worsened.

Nothing went right for Pogba since the day he returned from Manchester United. Off-the-field problems, injuries, disputes with annoyed fans, claims that his career was over - everything seems to be going against the player who was considered one of the finest midfielders in the game just a few years ago. Looking at his age, he should be in his prime years - but in reality, he could hardly be further away from it.

We still don't know what the extent of Paul's injury is - but we know that his reputation is now badly broken and scarred.

Juventus went on to win 2-0 thanks to second-half strikes from Fagioli and Bremer.

SERIE A - MATCHDAY 35

Friday

Lazio - Lecce 2-2 (1-1)

/Immobile 34, Milinkovic-Savic 94 - Oudin 45+2, 51/

Saturday

Salernitana - Atalanta 1-0 (0-0)

/Candreva 90+3/

Spezia - Milan 2-0 (0-0)

/Wisniewski 75, Esposito Sa 85/

Inter - Sassuolo 4-2 (1-0)

/Lukaku 41, 89, Lautaro 58, Ruan 55 - Henrique 63, Frattesi 73/

Sunday

Hellas Verona - Torino 0-1 (0-1)

/Vlasic 29/

Fiorentina - Udinese 2-0 (1-0)

/Castrovilli 7, Bonaventura 90/

Monza - Napoli 2-0 (1-0)

/Mota 18, Petagna 53/

Bologna - Roma 0-0

Juventus - Cremonese 2-0 (0-0)

/Fagioli 55, Bremer 79/

Monday

21.45: (3.20) Sampdoria (3.45) Empoli (2.40)

***odds are subject to change***