Frattesi, Doue’s tooth and Donnarumma’s concern in Italy 3-1 France
An incident during Italy’s 3-1 victory over France has captured attention, with Désiré Doué dislocating a tooth and Davide Frattesi left bleeding, while Gianluigi Donnarumma acted peacemaker.
The moment occurred soon after Frattesi had scored to put the Azzurri 2-1 up at San Siro last night in the Nations League fixture.
When holding off the man behind him, Frattesi flailed an arm and caught Doué in the mouth.
Frattesi and Doué battled for the ball
Initially, the referee had not taken any action, but when he saw that Doué visibly had blood on his bottom lip and a wobbly front tooth, he showed Frattesi a yellow card.
Some in France have argued it would’ve warranted a straight red, but the VAR could not consider that an intentional elbow, nor worthy of an On-Field Review for violent conduct.
Former Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Donnarumma, himself no stranger to accidental facial injuries and with the scar to prove it, was quick on the scene to check on Doué.
The striker was substituted and visited a dentist, who bonded the tooth with those next to it in order to stabilise the situation until X-Rays can be taken to get a better idea of what has happened.
Meanwhile, the damage was not just for the France international, because when Frattesi was substituted a few minutes later, the Inter midfielder clearly had blood running down the same elbow that had caught Doué.
