Despite the victory of PSG, which widens the gap at the top of Ligue 1 with now 10 points ahead of its first pursuer, the evening was not easy for Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Louis 2 stadium on Wednesday December 18. The international goalkeeper had to leave his team after only twenty minutes of play, severely injured in the head in a collision with Wilfried Singo.
At the end of the race after trying to steal his ball from the edge of the area, the Monegasque defender was unable to avoid his opponent’s exit and came to hook his face with his right foot with the tip of his crampons. With his cheek lacerated, the last bulwark of PSG had staples placed to suture his wounds. The referee of the match, François Letexier, did not expel the Monegasque for this action, to everyone’s surprise.
The first medical examinations revealed facial trauma and multiple visible wounds, indicates The Team. Gianluigi Donnarumma returned with his teammates to Paris on Wednesday. He has to take commentary exams this Thursday. His presence for the 32nd final of the Coupe de France on Sunday is still uncertain.
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