<h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Juventus lost summer signing Sami Khedira to injury as the Italian champions went down 2-0 to Marseille in a friendly at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday night.</em></strong></h3> German international midfielder Khedira joined Juve from Real Madrid in the close season after seeing the latter part of his time at the Santiago Bernabeu marred by injury problems. <p style="text-align: justify">And the 28-year-old was forced off just past the midway point in the first half of the game in France, grimacing in pain as he departed holding his right hamstring.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Italian media reports indicated that Khedira will be out for a month, which would rule him out of next week's Supercup against Lazio and the start of the new Serie A season on August 23.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">On a disappointing night for Massimiliano Allegri's side, a Romain Alessandrini cross surprised Gianluigi Buffon to give OM the lead late in the first half.</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">Abdelaziz Barrada got the hosts' second goal in front of a crowd of more than 64,000 while Juve had Stephan Lichtsteiner sent off just before the break for dissent.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>By AFP</strong></p>