Napoli striker Osimhen badly beaten: ‘As if a waltz drove over his face’

The collision with Inter’s stopper gave the unfortunate Osimhen a broken cheekbone and eye socket, while Skriniar got away with a fright. The official channels of the club from Naples mention a recovery period of about three months, which means that the striker will have to miss the Africa Cup with Nigeria in January.

Osimhen operated on the cheekbone. Prognosis of about 90 dayshttps://t.co/glgW3NkgvU

— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) November 23, 2021

The operation on the striker’s injuries went well, although the doctor on duty was shocked by what he saw. “He had more than twenty fractures in his face and his eye was no longer in the eye socket,” he tells various Italian media. “It was like a roller had run over his face. It took me six plates and eighteen screws to straighten everything out.”