Gigio Donnarumma suffered a terrible injury during the match between Monaco and PSG. The Italy goalkeeper was hit in the face by Singo. The wound on his cheek was deep. PSG doctors applied ten stitches to him.
Gianluigi Donnarumma he was hit hard in the face during the match of the 16th day of Ligue tra Monaco e PSG (which won 4-2). The national team goalkeeper left the pitch after a violent clash with the former Torino defender Wilfried Singo who hit him with the cleats on the right cheek. The images are hard to see. The goalkeeper suffered facial trauma and multiple injuries, as the Parisian club writes in the press release. In Donnarumma they were placed on the cheek ten stitches.
Ten points for Donnarumma, forced to stop
The first medical tests found facial trauma and multiple wounds for Donnarumma who will have to carry out further tests on Thursday. It will certainly have to remain inactive for several days. The images are honestly strong. Donnarumma with a torn face left the pitch after Singo hit him in the face, he didn’t even receive a yellow card for that intervention, and he was already booked. The club doctors immediately had to place ten stitches on his right cheek to suture the wounds.
The controversy over Singo’s failure to send off
The decision not to even inflict a yellow card, but due to the seriousness of the foul there was also a direct red card, caused discussion. Marquinhos, the PSG captain after the match said: “I don’t know if the referee made a mistake, but VAR should have been called, we have to protect the playersthe. In a situation like this, not turning on a red light is strong. The image is scary. The referee told me that the gesture was in the continuity of the action”. With those words he effectively declared that the foul did not exist.
Donnarumma was the victim of a very violent clash with Singo: he emerged almost disfigured by his cleats
The contact between Singo and Donnarumma
In the 18th minute of the first half of Monaco-PSG Singo fits in well and enters the area, near the six-yard box he misses his control, extends the ball and finds himself face to face with Donnarumma. Singo chases the ball, tries to hit it, but instead hits Donnarumma who is hit in the face and very hard. In practice the former grenade walks in his face. It is clear that there was no intention to harm Singo but with the cleats he causes a gash in Donnarumma’s right cheek, who will need ten stitches for that wound.
