the photo that is all the rage on the web – Corriere.it

When they found him in front of the Medesano motorway service station on the A15 motorway, the Spezia fans hardly believed it. No, it wasn’t the fault of too many beers: that was right Bartlomiej Dragowskistill dressed as a goalkeeper, with fluorescent yellow codpieces and socks. With leg in plaster and crutches, yes, but all in all on its feet. And there the fans breathed a sigh of relief. The injury that befell the Polish number one in Verona seemed very serious, but then it turned out that there was nothing broken at the bone level. The photo of the doorman at the autogrill among the ultras is all the rage on the web and in some people he recalled another photo of soccer players at the motorway restaurant, Zidane and De Piero, with Zizou trying to cut a slice of pizza with the cursed plastic knife.

Returning to Dragowski, it must be said that we all feared the worst: the unnaturally twisted ankle suggested a terrible injury, a compound fracture. Instead it is a dislocation of the joint. Less serious, even if recovery times will remain long. In these hours we are trying to understand how much the ligaments have been affected. The victory at Bentegodi was dedicated by the Spezia players to the goalkeeper: at the end of the game they showed his shirt. Initially they were all in shock: Drago came out in tears and on a stretcher.

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— Spezia Calcio (@acspezia) November 13, 2022

A situation which unfortunately had serious consequences for the former Fiorentina player who was forced to miss the World Cup and give up his call-up for Poland, as admitted by the coach from La Spezia Luca Gotti after the match. Teammate Emil Holm from Sweden told what happened to Sportbladet: When I got close to him and saw his foot, it was one of the worst things I’ve seen since I’ve been playing football. It was terrible to watch. I am very sorry for him, because he should have gone to the World Cup.