Lyon and Brazil star Lucas Paqueta to undergo surgery after a freak accident while flying a kite

Lyon midfielder Lucas Paqueta will bear minor surgical procedure on his hand after chopping himself whereas flying a kite.

The 24-year-old tweeted an image of his hand wrapped in bandages with the caption: ‘Remembering youngsters’s video games even have penalties. I went to fly a kite right now and reduce my finger. 

‘All the pieces is ok, however to keep away from any motion issues sooner or later, I’ll have a minor surgical procedure tomorrow. But it surely’s okay. Put it on excessive and reduce me.’

Lucas Paqueta will bear surgical procedure after injuring his hand whereas flying a kite

The Brazilian midfielder warned followers to ‘bear in mind youngsters’s video games even have penalties’

This isn’t the primary occasion of a footballer injuring himself in weird style.

David Beckham famously emerged with a reduce above his eye after Manchester United have been knocked out of the FA Cup be Arsenal in 2003.

He picked up the damage when Sir Alex Ferguson kicked a boot throughout the altering room in annoyance on the outcome.

Chatting with the Metro years later, United defender Mikael Silvestre stated Ferguson ‘typically threw issues within the dressing room’, however that he ‘however he wasn’t meaning to injure Beckham’.

Lyon and Brazil star Paqueta posed for social media along with his injured hand bandaged 

One other freak incident got here in 2006, when Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was pressured to overlook a recreation towards Arminia after selecting up a black eye within the warm-up.

Bayern’s again up keeper Michael Rensing was firing observe pictures at Kahn when one caught the Bundesliga legend sq. within the eye. The swelling pressured him to take a seat out the sport.

Rensing stepped in for the participant he had simply injured, and duly stored a clear sheet as Bayern gained 2-0.