Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace striker, suffered a chilling Kunf-Fu’s kick on the face by Liam Roberts, Millwall goalkeeper, in a match of the Fifth Round of the FA Cup.
I don’t think Liam Roberts woke up and thought: ‘I want to cut JP’s head.’ There is a lot of pressure. He apologized
Jean-Philippe Mateta
The referee Michael Oliver, after reviewing the play in the VAR, expelled Millwall.
I was afraid to have broken bones or a spill in my brain, but in reality ‘only’ my ear destroyed me
Jean-Philippe Mateta
The French footballer, who had to leave the field on Camilla, was urgently transferred to the ST George’s London Hospital and received 25 suture points for a serious laceration in the left ear.
I didn’t feel pain. Blood, sure. But I thought it was a small cut … My ear was like this (hanging). But it didn’t hurt
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Steve Parish, owner of Crystal Palace, shared that Mateta had “a good cut behind her ear and a head injury.”
Jean-Philippe Mateta: “It didn’t seem like an ear”
Jean-Philippe Mateta, who has 15 goals in 33 games with Crystal Palace, spoke in ‘L’Equipe’ and ‘Sky Sports’ to explain that “I was afraid to have broken bones or a spill in the brain, but in reality And it would have been much worse.
A specialist in plastic surgery came and took me photos of the ear, who refused to show me so that they would not stay in my head. It didn’t look like an ear …
Jean-Philippe Mateta
The player acknowledged that “I didn’t feel pain. Blood, sure. But I thought it was a small cut … My ear was like that (hanging). But it didn’t hurt. I remember everything, I didn’t have a brain shock. I had everything open.”
The Crystal Palace player, Mateta, had to leave on a stretcher, after the kick he received from the Millwall goalkeeper.
“A specialist in plastic surgery came and took me photos of the ear, who refused to teach me so that they would not stay in my head. It no longer looked like an ear … at the beginning of the operation, the surgeon had many problems, but he found a way to save my ear. He did a great job. I have to be careful so that I do not get infected, he was infected every time I have been able to participate in training. For that I will need a mask, ”he explains in the Galo newspaper.
Mateta, after suffering a prison kick: “He had his ear hanging … and the surgeon did not show me” Sky Sports
Mateta does not hold Liam Roberts resentment, despite the terrible injury caused by Millwall’s goal
Jean-Philippe Mateta stressed that “Liam Roberts sent me a message while I was in the hospital and I said: ‘Nothing happens, it’s football. I don’t think waking up and thought:’ I want to cut my head to JP ‘. There is a lot of pressure. He apologized. He was worried.”