Pablo Marí, former Copa Libertadores champion with Flamengo, was stabbed in Italy

Paul Maridefender of Monzafrom Italy, was stabbed by a 46-year-old man in a shopping center in Milanofiori, in the Milanese town of Assago. the Spanish is one of six victims of the attack and was quickly transferred to a nearby hospital, where he is being treated, and as revealed by Sky It is out of danger. The attacker, who stole a knife from a supermarket, was taken to the authorities and is currently in police custody, while two of the victims are in critical condition and another, the supermarket cashier, died.

According to police sources, the attacker He has suffered from a severe depressive crisis for a year, although the reasons that led him to carry out the attack are still unknown. The first reports ruled out that it was a terrorist act, although an investigation into what happened is underway, after which some witnesses claimed to have felt terror.

The center-back has already been visited in the center where he is recovering by his coach, Raffaele Palladinoand the CEO of the club, the historic former director of AC Milan Adriano Gallianiwho was the first to speak about it, conveying calm: “Pablo Marí has ​​suffered a penetrating wound to the back but has not touched vital organs such as lungs. He is not in danger of life, he has problems but according to what they tell me can be retrieved. He has sore muscles and he has injuries but it’s not serious.”

“He is conscious and they are sewing him, this is what the nurses in the operating room or similar tell me. He is not in danger of life”, continued Galliani, who was vice president of Silvio Berlusconi in the seven-time Champions League champion before meeting with The Knight at Monza in 2018.

also contacted him Arsenal, from England, a team that owns his pass and also expressed himself publicly on its official channels: “We are very surprised to hear the horrible news of the stabbing in Italy, which left a certain number of people in hospital, including our defender on loan Pablo Marí. Our thoughts are with Pablo and the other victims of this horrific incident.” Mari he had arrived at the Lombard club in August with the option of making the deal permanent at the end of the season. He had played eight games to date and had scored a goal against Spezia three weeks ago.

Mari had also been part of the team that won the 2019 Copa Libertadores with Flamengoafter beating in the final river 2-1 in the last minutes, with a brace of Gabriel “Gabigol” Barbosa. He also played in the Club World Cup that year, in which the team led by George Jesus reached the final against Liverpoolbut ultimately fell 1-0 in overtime.

It was those returns that led to the interest of the north London club, which first he hired him on loan for six months and then permanentlyfor a total of €14 million. At Arsenal, Marí was always a rotation option in the team Mikel Artetawhich added a FA Cup in his first season, but his minutes were severely reduced with the arrival to the team of Gabriel Magalhaes, for which he was loaned twice to Serie A; first for six months Udinese in January 2022, and then in Monza from August.

Prior to his arrival in South America in 2019, the defender had had a nomadic career in Europe. Football-trained in MallorcaMari went to gymnasticfrom the Spanish third category, in 2013, before being bought by the City Football Groupconglomerate of Manchester City, three years later. However, the Valencian was never able to debut for the Citizensspending each of the years he was under contract on loan in Girona, NAC Breda and Deportivo de La Coruña.

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