Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer criticized his Paris Saint-Germain counterpart Gianluigi Donnarumma after Bayern midfielder Jamal Musiala suffered an obvious critical harm to his left leg in his group’s defeat to PSG on Saturday within the Membership World Cup quarterfinals.
Musiala was damage late within the first half following a 50-50 problem with PSG goalkeeper Donnarumma.
The Italian goalkeeper walked away with the ball, however kneeled down in horror when he seemed again and realized the seriousness of the harm. A stretcher was instantly summoned to take Musiala off the sector.
The replay of the ugly harm was not proven on the massive screens at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl mentioned after the sport that Musiala had been taken to hospital.
“A state of affairs the place you do not have to go in like that,” Neuer advised reporters of Donnarumma, through Sky Germany. “That is dangerous. He is keen to just accept the danger of injuring his opponent.”
“I went as much as him and mentioned, ‘Do not you wish to go over to our participant?’ It is solely proper to go over and need the man nicely. He did that ultimately. Equity is at all times necessary … I might have reacted otherwise.”
Donnarumma later posted a photograph on Instagram of himself trying distraught following the harm, together with a message for Musiala that learn: “All my prayers and nicely needs are with you.”
“It did not look good,” Bayern coach Vincent Kompany mentioned. “If I am simply watching the pictures, it seemed like an ankle harm of some form, however I am not going to make a prognosis right here.”
He added: “Once I’m sat right here subsequent to you now, the factor that will get my blood nonetheless boiling for the time being, it is not the outcome. I perceive that is soccer, but it surely’s the truth that it occurred to somebody that enjoys the sport a lot, however he is additionally crucial for us.”
Musiala, a 22-year-old who additionally performs for Germany‘s nationwide group, entered Saturday’s match with three objectives within the event — one behind Golden Boot leaders Ángel Di María and Marcos Leonardo. His Membership World Cup objectives introduced his tally to twenty this season, together with 12 within the Bundesliga and three within the Champions League.
Musiala’s harm got here simply earlier than halftime. The referee whistled for the break because the midfielder obtained therapy on the sector. Serge Gnabry changed him within the lineup to start the second half, with the rating 0-0 at that time.
PSG went on to win 2-0, regardless of being diminished to 9 males after late pink playing cards for Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernández, to achieve the semifinals.
“We advised him he has our assist as a result of it is by no means straightforward when this sorts of motion ends badly,” mentioned Désiré Doué, the scorer of PSG’s first objective. “It is also a part of soccer. Now we wish the whole lot to go nicely for Jamal in his rehabilitation.”
Added PSG defender Achraf Hakimi: “To begin with, I wish to ship my assist to Musiala. He was a tough a part of the sport for us as we speak, and we all know that is a part of the game, however we wish to ship a message of assist to him. We assist him, and we wish to see him again on the pitch quickly as a result of he is an excellent participant.”
Musiala is a rising star, incomes Participant of the 12 months for the German nationwide group in 2024. He was additionally runner-up in 2023 for the Golden Boy award, which is awarded to Europe’s brightest under-21 expertise.
Musiala debuted for Bayern Munich in 2020 when he was 17, changing into the group’s youngest-ever participant on the time of his debut. In 2022, he turned the primary teenager to look for Germany at a World Cup since 1958.
Due to the harm, Bayern might need to start out subsequent season with out Musiala. The German membership misplaced out on Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz to Liverpool within the switch market, leaving Bayern brief within the attacking midfield place.
“I do not know, concepts to switch [him] now, Eberl mentioned. “We had a sport towards PSG, and we had an excellent sport. So we’ll do our job sooner or later.”
Data from ESPN’s Lizzy Becherano and The Related Press was used on this report.
