Matteo Papaccioli, from cruciate injury to Champions goal for Como
After 8-9 months out with a cruciate ligament rupture, the young Brazilian has scored against Lens and Gianluca Falsini calls his story a fairytale.
The Brazilian Matteo Papaccioli has gone from promising youth player to a surprise name in the Champions League with Como, after scoring against Lens on the club's historic European night. The information comes from TuttoMercatoWeb, which gathers the words of Gianluca Falsini.
At 16 he was already training with the first team, but a cruciate ligament rupture kept him out for 8 to 9 months. The club gave him extra time to recover calmly. On his return with the Primavera, he came on for 20 minutes against Inter and scored the 2-2 in the 90th minute, with his team a man down for almost an hour.
Falsini describes him as a player with a European mentality who stays behind to train alone on his days off, and does not hesitate to call his story a fairytale.
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