Alphonso Davies was visibly distraught after watching his Bayern Munich team-mate Jamal Musiala suffer a grizzly leg injury last night.
Musiala had to be taken off on a stretcher just before half-time during his side’s Club World Cup defeat by Paris Saint-Germain – and he was later transported to hospital.
The forward was involved in a sickening collision with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, having chased down a ball inside the box. Footage of the incident showed his ankle became trapped in between the stopper’s body and arms.
The momentum carried them in opposite directions, but Musiala’s ankle bore the brunt of the challenge, twisting at a sickening angle. According to Sky Germany, he has a fractured tibia and fibula and is expected to be out for four to five months.
Donnarumma and other players from both teams were visibly distressed by the injury and Davies, hosting a watchalong on streaming platform Twitch, was no different.
After the severity of the impact became apparent, Davies took off his headphones and fell to knees before screaming: ‘Oh my God no, no! Please no, no.’
Bayern Munich forward Jamal Musiala suffered a horror ankle injury during the Club World Cup
Musiala was taken off the pitch on a stretcher before being transported to hospital
His team-mate Alphonso Davies was distraught while hosting a watchalong on Twitch
Donnarumma was emotional after the incident, dropping to his knees and walking off the pitch at half-time with tears in his eyes. However, Bayern No 1 Manuel Neuer was not in a forgiving mood as he pointed the finger of blame at the Italian international.
He told Sky Germany: ‘It was a situation where you don’t have to go in like that. That’s risk-taking. He was prepared to accept the risk of injuring his opponent.’
Neuer then alleged Donnarumma only checked in on Musiala because he was asked to, adding: ‘I went to him and said, “Don’t you want to go and see our player?” It’s a matter of respect, of going there and wishing the guy all the best.
‘He then did it. Fair play is always a part of it. I would have reacted differently.’
After the game, Donnarumma showed even more remorse, taking to Instagram to write: ‘All my prayers and well wishes are with you @jamalmusiala10.’
Bayern boss Vincent Kompany said the injury left his blood boiling.
Delivering a concerning update, he said: ‘It didn’t look good, I don’t know. If I’m just watching the images, it looks like an ankle injury of some type.
‘But I’m not going to make a diagnosis here.’
Musiala has reportedly fractured his tibia and fibula and is set to be out for several months
PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was tearful after his role in the grizzly incident
Musiala covered his face with his shirt as he was wheeled toward the nearby ambulance
Kompany then added: ‘It was tough. I’ve rarely been so angry at half-time, not against my players, but just because… there are many things in life that are important, much more important than this but in the end, for these guys, it’s their life.
‘Someone like Jamal lives for this, and he came back from his setback, and then it happens in the way it happens, and you feel powerless.
‘But the idea for the group and for us is always to gain strength out of it, we were in the game, the team was doing well, the team was fighting. And the second half, I felt we were just starting to edge the game and it looked like it could happen any time.
‘So you try and get strength out if it because you want to do it for Jamal but of course, when I’m sat here next to you now, the thing that gets my blood still boiling at the moment is not the result.
‘I understand this is football, but it’s the fact that it happened to someone that enjoys the game so much but also very important for us.’
