Stuffing 18 things in: Ginter jokes about his handicap v Mainz | OneFootball

In the narrow 1-0 win over Mainz 05, Matthias Ginter was not only called upon as a defensive pillar, but also had to take quite a physical beating. After a hard blow to the face, the center-back’s nose was bleeding so heavily from the 19th minute on that the medical staff had to work overtime to keep him on the pitch.

"We definitely tried everything — with ice, with taping it up, with stuffing 18 things in there. I hope it just stops (bleeding; editor’s note) and that it’s nothing more serious," Ginter joked after the match at the 'DAZN' microphone about the improvised treatment. Despite the pain and the restricted breathing, an early substitution was never an option for him: "I somehow managed in the end."

At least until shortly before the final whistle. Then the in-form defender was substituted after all: "I hope it’s not too bad. If it only looks as bad as it does, and nothing is broken, then everything is fine."

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