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'Not great' - Brighton issue Yankuba Minteh injury update after Roma blow All the latest injury and pre-season news from Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton will assess the painful looking injury to star winger Yankuba Minteh after the 3-0 pre-season win against Roma. Minteh clashed with Roma skipper Bryan Cristante on the hour and appeared to injure his right leg. The Gambian international had onfield treatment and then tried to play on before the sensible decision was made to bring him off. Minteh, 22, has to be considered a doubt for the start of the season, which is a huge blow as fellow winger Kaoru Mitoma remains sidelined with his hamstring issue. Midfielder Carlos Baleba is also struggling with an ankle ligament injury and could miss the season openers. Hurzeler: Not a great sign "Of course, it's not a great sign if a player has to go off because of pain," said Hurzeler in his post match press conference. "But we have to wait for the scan. In general, I'm a positive person, so let's stay positive and wait for the scan." When asked to expand on the nature of Minteh's injury, Hurzeler added: "So it seems to be a hit. Not particularly in the ankle area, a little bit higher. “So therefore, we have to wait how it continues, the pain and how he progresses." The injury was a low point to what was an impressive performance against Roma. We brought the energy £50m record signing Luka Vuskovic made a solid first appearance at the Amex Stadium as a brace from Yasin Ayari and and a well-taken effort from Georginio sealed the win. Hurzeler added: " Good. I think it was more than an exercise. We take it quite seriously. I think also Roma took it quite seriously. In their pressing, we could see that they really analysed us and tried to make it difficult for us. "But overall, I think we brought a lot of energy and intensity on the pitch. "We controlled the game with a good structure. In possession, we scored goals, we defended well. Overall, it was a good performance." Ayari brings goals Ayari looked sharp in central midfield and his two goals were just reward and continued his goalscoring form for Sweden at the World Cup. "Goals,” said Hurzeler when asked what Ayari can bring. “I think he took from the World Cup. That was positive. “Hopefully, the goals now in pre-season and then in the season. "It's very important that he continues this behaviour on the pitch, this attitude, this mindset. "He had a great World Cup, he continues here with a great pre-season so far, so hopefully he just goes on like this. "He's a great character, he helps the group a lot by being very energetic and that's very important for his group." Brighton's next pre-season fixture is against Bologna at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, August 15.