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The Impact is facing another extended run without designated player Ignacio Piatti.

Piatti, who missed 10 game this season with a right knee injury, is back on the sidelines with another injury to the same knee. And, while the first injury was one of those day-to-day ailments that eventually sidelined him for two months, there is a definite time line on the latest injury. He has a strained MCL, which will keep him out of action for eight to 12 weeks.

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“It’s a blow for the team but, first of all, for Nacho himself,” said head coach Rémi Garde as he prepared for Saturday’s home game against Orlando City FC (5 p.m., TSN3, TSN5, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio). “I know he was so hurt by the first injury and the second is much more difficult for him to digest. My first thoughts are for him. After that, on the team side, we have to continue … to adapt to the situation because Nacho has been away from the team for a while now. We have to find a solution from within the team until the market opens and we see what happens.”