Shocked the Jean -Philip Mateta! Crystal Palace’s 27 -year -old striker needed 25 stitches after a serious injury to his left ear by hitting Milwall’s goalkeeper, Liam Robertsin the March 1 clash between the two teams for the 5th round of the FA Cup. Recall, Roberts came out of his home to face a pass forward in the sixth minute of the match and collided with Mateta, kicking him in the head.
Initially, the referee Michael Oliver He made a yellow card, but upgraded it to red after VAR’s intervention. Roberts had been punished with blocking of three matchesbut FA requested an increase in punishmentsaying that the formal punishment for the infringement was’apparently insufficient“And the sentence, in the end, doubled!
The French striker, then, now revealed that had the senses of Throughout the incident and he was afraid that his wounds could have been even worse.
Talking to ” Equipe ”he said: ‘I was afraid I would have broken bones or blood in my brain. But in fact, my ear was just destroyed. A plastic surgeon came and took pictures of my ear, which He refused to show me so that they would not stay in my mind!
He even explained because he was lucky in his misfortune: ‘At the last minute I had the reflex of turning my face. I was lucky because, if I hadn’t done it, I would have eaten his foot on the head and would be much worse things. After that, I never lost my senses. I was lying on the ground and told the doctor, “I’m fine. I want to play again”. But he, seeing my ear, replied: ” No, you have to leave ””
During coverage from the Bbc of the match, which was won by Palace 3-1, the President of the Eagles, Steve Parisstated: ‘There is a lot of emotion in football, but we have to talk about this move. As long as I see football, I haven’t seen such a thing before. I looked to see how old the goalkeeper is, he is 30 years old. She is The most reckless action on a football stadium that I think I’ve ever seen. And he has to look very carefully at this lad. Because he jeopardizes a fellow professional, perhaps his life, with such an action”
Mateta has not played since he suffered the injury on March 1st. The Frenchman traveled with Palace on their coaching trip to Marbelia in hot weather this week. Trained on his own by wearing plaster on the left lobe of the ear.
The Palace Coach, Oliver Glasnerhopes his star, who scored 12 goals in the Premier League this season, will be ready for the English Cup quarter -finals with Fulham on March 29.
Source: Sport Fm
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