“It wasn’t intentional”
After horror injury: player apologizes
December 19, 2024 – 4:55 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
It looked bad: In the league game in Paris against Monaco, PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma received a kick. Now his opponent has apologized.
A bloody cut on goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma’s face also caused a stir after Paris Saint-Germain’s game at AS Monaco (4:2). The 25-year-old Italian was hit on the cheek with his studs by opponent Wilfried Singo in the league game after he failed to attempt a shot at the goalkeeper.
The day after the game, Singo spoke out via Instagram. “I would like to apologize to Gianluigi Donnarumma. Of course my kick was not intentional, I could see later that he had a serious injury to his face,” said the 23-year-old in a story.
Donnarumma was treated for a long time and had to be substituted. According to his club, Donnarumma suffered facial trauma with multiple wounds. Pictures showed how the wounds were held together with staples. The goalkeeper of the Italian national football team had to miss several days, PSG also announced.
After the foul, the referee awarded a free kick, but he did not send Singo, who had already been warned, off the field. “We all saw his face. I don’t know why it’s not a red card,” complained Donnarumma’s teammate Gonçalo Ramos. The referees did not protect the keeper.
On Thursday, Monaco announced that Singo had been racially insulted on social networks. This would be “condemned with the utmost firmness,” it said. “Such behavior has no place in sport, neither on the field nor off.” The club assured the Ivory Coast international of its full support.