The young striker was substituted at half-time, and the coach revealed the reasons why. Fortunately, tests ruled out any problems.

It was not a good evening for Francesco Camarda, the 18-year-old Milan player on loan to Lecce, who faced his former teammates for the first time as an opponent in the early match of the second day of Serie A. The Salento striker was substituted at half-time and was forced to undergo tests at the hospital due to memory lapses. This was revealed by Giallorossi coach Eusebio Di Francesco after the match. “Camarda had to come off because he took a blow to the head and couldn’t remember certain things,” he explained. “I asked him about his positioning on a corner kick, and he couldn’t remember what had happened. That’s when the alarm bells started ringing. I think he’s gone for some tests now. We hope it’s nothing serious. The substitution was forced; he was playing well.”

Camarda and the blow to the head: the incident—  The incident referred to by the Lecce coach is likely the one that occurred in the 33rd minute: Camarda and Estupinan contested a header in the Rossoneri’s defensive third, and the young center forward took a heavy blow. A few seconds later, however, he got up and continued playing without any apparent consequences. Evidently, once he had cooled down in the locker room, the situation worsened, forcing Di Francesco to substitute him and Camarda to go to the hospital. Fortunately, medical tests ruled out any consequences.