Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Soccer is a contact sport. Collisions, elbows, pushes… which sometimes lead to injuries. Any athlete or spectator knows that, but some of the actions that can be seen on the field of play are still horrifying. If not, tell Gianluigi Donnarumma, PSG goalkeeper who had to be substituted after the rival striker stepped on his face shortly after the start of the match.
Paris Saint-Germain visited Monaco on Wednesday night. A shock in style. The first classified against the third. Hence, the coaches chose to put everything on the table and not give the best players a rest. Luis Enrique’s PSG came out with Barcola, Vitinha, Démbelé… and Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal. To this, shortly before the 20th minute, Monaco, far from being flattened by the Parisian squad, launched itself into the attack. The Monegasque midfield sent a long ball into the area for Wilfred Singo to try to score the first goal of the game, but he was unlucky that the pass was not entirely precious and the attacker, who tried to jump over Donnarumma To avoid colliding with him, as he stretched out his leg, he stabbed the heels of his boot into the Italian’s face.
A shocking action that forced the transalpine goalkeeper to ask for a change. The injury was more than evident and his face was proof of it. You could see the rival striker’s cleats. But to the surprise of all the spectators, Wilfred Singo, who had already received a yellow card, was not sent off. What’s more, there was no whistle or foul. And the referee went to the VAR
The good news for Donnarumma is that at least his team won 2-4. The bad news is that his face ended up with more staples than PSG has scored points this day.
