Hospitalized Tuesday evening after a violent head shock during Lille-Reims, Samuel Umtiti is doing better.
The news is rather reassuring for Samuel Umtiti. Victim of a concussion after a big head-to-head collision with Junya Ito (34th), Tuesday evening during the match of 6e day of Ligue 1 between Lille and Reims (1-2), the French defender was replaced at half-time and taken to hospital, after feeling unwell. What, at the time, seriously worried the Lille locker room.
“Pread for fear rather than harm”
But according to The Voice of Sports, the 2018 world champion would already be doing better. If one of his relatives told the regional daily that the neo-Dog had felt pain in his jaw, the worst was avoided. “It’s probably more fear than harm,” reacted the player’s entourage. Placed under surveillance during his admission, the former Lyonnais (29 years old) was able to leave the hospital around 2 a.m.
He was able to reach his home and would be expected in the afternoon at the LOSC training center to take some exams and take stock with the medical staff of the northern club. “We are waiting for the results to know if he will be able to play the next match (Sunday on the Le Havre pitch, editor’s note)”declared coach Paulo Fonseca after the defeat suffered against the Rémois.
