Tonali reassures everyone: ‘I’m fine, proud to be part of this Italy’

After the great scare against Albania, the Rossoneri gave social media a reassuring message. Today the blue staff will evaluate whether to send him home or take him to Austria (but he would not play)

by our correspondent Alex Frosio

November 17th
– Tirana (Albania)

“I’m fine. And I am proud to be part of this group. Of this Italy”. The message released via Instagram during the night – completed by the hammer emoji, a figure that well represents him – comes from Sandro Tonali’s account and in a few words summarizes and definitively puts a stop to the fear, concern and social controversies.

After all, already at the end of the Azzurri’s friendly match against Albania they had been comforting. The Milan midfielder went off on a stretcher before the 45th minute after flying down in an aerial collision with Bare (actually only Sandro was in the air, while the Albanian bent over thus unbalancing the Italian’s jump) and having hit my head on the Air Albania Stadium lawn. The blue remained conscious, albeit a little dazed, complaining of pain in the back of his neck (and not in his shoulder or neck, as it might have seemed from the impact of the fall). The blue staff immediately proceeded to transfer him to a private clinic in Tirana where Tonali underwent a CT scan of the head and neck. Negative results. No trauma or problems. So the player was resigned and returned to Italy with the team.

Social rage

Tonali’s message via social media is the definitive confirmation but it also serves something more. The fear of the images arriving from Tirana has sparked the concern and anger of the Milan fans. The thought of losing one of the team’s most important players, by now also a symbol of the Devil, was unbearable: “for a useless friendly match”, the most popular recrimination. However, Tonali’s post clarifies that he does not give up on the blue. After lunch, the blue staff, in agreement with the player, will decide whether he will return home – thus starting the holidays – or whether he will remain in the group for the away match in Vienna for the friendly against Austria, even if in any case it is exclude him from playing. Because the contusion was there. Luckily only that.

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