Goalkeeper hospitalised after firecracker strikes him in ugly scenes at football match

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Serie A football next season, could have moved clear at the top of the table when they faced relegation threaten Vicenza. And it started well for Lecce when they hit the front in the 69th minute.However, Lecce fans threw flares and firecrackers onto the pitch in celebration, with one hitting Contini and another striking a 12-year-old ball boy.

Contini was immediately given medical attention, and after a ten-minute delay, he was stretchered off with a neck brace.Contini was taken to the San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, where he had a CT scan.

The scans revealed nothing wrong with his head, but the Ukrainian-Italian shot-stopper was kept in overnight as a precautionary measure.However, he is expected to be discharged on Sunday with instructions to rest at home. What punishment do you think the individual who threw the firecracker should face?

Let us know in the comments section belowThe 10 minutes of added time at the end of the game would eventually come back to haunt Lecce.In the 94th minute, Vicenza were awarded a penalty, that was initially missed but had to be retaken after the Lecce keeper was deemed to move off his line.