Mateta, from Crystal Palace, hospitalized with head injuries after a brutal kick from the Millwall goalkeeper

Jean-Philippe Mateta Crystal Palace player, he was transferred to a hospital with head injuries after a strong entrance of the Millwall goalkeeper, Liam Roberts which hit the French player during the match that both teams played corresponding to the round of 16 of the FA Cup.

Five minutes after the game, Roberts, in a ball divided with Mateta, gave a brutal kick to the Crystal Palace player, who had to be replaced and removed on a stretcher. The Millwall goalkeeper saw a direct red card after the revision of the VAR and left his team with a man less during a game that ended 3-1 in favor of Crystal Palace. Mateta suffered a cut behind her ear and a head injury.

He abandoned bleeding the clash and with an oxygen machine. In the break of the party, Steve Parishpresident of Crystal Palace, spoke at the break with the BBC to inform about the status of his player: “So far we know that he has a serious cut behind the ear and a head injury. He is in the hospital and we hope he goes well. We have to talk about the entrance. In all the time I have been in football, I had never seen something like this.”

“I think it is the most reckless fault I have seen in a football field and should reflect (goalkeeper Liam Roberts). He is endangering a partner by profession, maybe even his life. That is why it is very difficult for me to talk about the rest of the game because we are worried about Mateta. It has been a terrible entrance,” said Parish.

Finally, he showed his outrage because the referee Michael Oliver I will need the help of the VAR to take the Red Card to the Millwall player: “I have no idea why he had to go to the screen. If you kill someone with such force, God knows how much damage has caused him.”