Pablo Marí, the Spanish footballer stabbed in Milan, was shopping with his wife and four-year-old son

• Soccer One dead and four injured in Milan, including the Spanish soccer player Pablo Marí, after a multiple stabbing in a shopping center

At 9:40 p.m., Pablo Marí's wife entered the emergency room of the Niguarda Verónica hospital.

The Valencian footballer who plays for

, after a morning training session at the Monzello sports center, decided to spend the afternoon relaxing with his family.

The couple chose to spend the afternoon with their four-year-old son at the

in Milan.

What he did not know is that shortly after he would be stabbed and airlifted to the hospital.

There he will undergo surgery this Friday to reduce muscle damage caused by the stabbing, according to Italian media reports.

The player was injured after being attacked by a 46-year-old Italian with mental problems who stabbed four other people, one of whom,

, died while being taken to hospital.

In a short time the news was known and Adriano Galliani, general manager of Monza, very worried, managed to have a brief telephone conversation with the player.

Reassured by the fact that he was conscious, Galliani arrived at the hospital emergency room together with coach Raffaele Palladino and the club's medical staff to be close to the player and to obtain information from Niguarda's medical staff.

"

, but his life is not in danger," revealed Galliani, very affected by the incident.

"He has not touched vital organs, he has injured some muscles but Pablo should recover. They are sewing him up, the nurses coming out of the operating room tell me. He joked that he wants to play against Bologna on Monday," he asserted.

Marí is very loved by the whole team.

The 29-year-old footballer arrived in Brianza this summer on loan from Arsenal, the club that owns the card.

The Londoners already let the Spanish player go last January, loaning him to

, who, however, did not buy him back at the end of the championship.

So newly promoted Monza gave him a chance: the defender not only restored confidence by being one of the best on the pitch, but also scored a goal against Spezia.

His teammates, who are shocked, would have liked to accompany Pablo in the hospital to show him affection and closeness, but the club dissuaded the players from meeting.

"Dear Pablo, we are all close to you and your family. We love you, keep fighting as you know. You are a warrior and you will heal soon," was the message entrusted to social networks by Galliani.

According to Galliani, Pablo Marí has ​​acknowledged that "he was lucky", since a person has died, and that "the child [referring to the couple's four-year-old son] was sitting in the cart".

"Pablo told me that he suddenly felt a blow to his back. He also has two stitches in his mouth from the wound sustained during the scuffle. A shocking episode for Milan," he adds.

At night, there were many signs of affection shown by the world of football on social networks, including Arsenal, Milan and

.

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