UPDATE: STAR striker Bruno Fornaroli will miss the start of the A-League season after he suffered a suspected ankle fracture in Melbourne City’s 3-2 FFA Cup win on Tuesday night.

Fornaroli was awaiting results of final scans on Wednesday night after hopeful City officials booked in additional tests after initial scans from Sydney diagnosed him with a fracture.

Indications were that City would be without their influential skipper for at least 8-12 weeks, meaning he would miss the first few A-League rounds headlined by City’s opener against Brisbane Roar and the Round 2 Melbourne derby in a best-case scenario.

If City’s worst fears are realised, the former golden boot winner would not return until the eve of the pre-Christmas derby.

The Uruguayan was stretchered off late in the first half of the win away to Hakoah Sydney after a horror, late tackle from Bradley Walker who was lucky to escape a red card. Fornaroli caught a taxi to hospital from Leichhardt Oval for scans.

Fornaroli, 29, has an outstanding scoring ratio of 49 goals in 65 games in all competitions.

City coach Warren Joyce was pleased to advance to the FFA Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Sydney FC away, though concerned with Fornaroli’s health.

“He (Bruno) has gone away for scans so we will just have to wait and see what the results of those are,’’ Joyce said.

“Disappointing to give a cheap goal away. Lack of concentration and poor marking in the box and that gives them and the (home) crowd hope and made it more exciting than it needed to be, really.

“To get another goal obviously we were back in the driving seat but there were a couple of times we were sloppy and made it easy for them.”

City defender Michael Jakobsen has been cleared of serious injury despite limping off late in the game with back spasms after a challenge _ unrelated to the calf injury that kept him out for chunks of last season.

Bruno Fornaroli felt the full wrath of a wayward tackle on Tuesday night.

The Dane, who opened the scoring last night after eight minutes, should be fine to play in the quarter-final clash in mid September, in a 2016 FFA Cup final rematch.

Fornaroli’s replacement, teen Denis Genreau sealed the win with his first senior goal after winger Nick Fitzgerald scored City’s second, with Hakoah netting a stoppage time consolation via Jack Green.

Dutchman Bart Schenkeveld impressed in his debut in central defence, as did teen Daniel Arzani in a rare start.

Originally published as City shock as Fornaroli likely out two months