Serie A star suffers gruesome head injury after sickening collision with referee

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Serie A defeat to Napoli on Sunday.Goals from Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna secured a valuable victory to move Napoli within a point of Italian table-toppers Inter Milan, however the game's biggest talking point was a rather bizarre collision.With the contest still goalless at the 50 minute mark and Venezia on the attack, an oblivious Ebuehi clashed heads with an equally unsuspecting Maurizio Mariani - the match referee.While both men were left bloodied, the Nigerian right back came off worse and could be seen writhing around in agony before receiving treatment.The pair appeared so engrossed in the game and were fully focused on the ball, when the referee stopped in his tracks and found himself bumped by the Serie A defender.In a sickening clash of heads, Mariani's VAR earpiece seemingly did damage to both his own ear and that of Ebuehi’s eyebrow, resulting in some nasty cuts.A disorientated Mariani stumbled to his feet before Napoli players waved for club medics to treat the official, while Ebuehi was patched up by Venezia club doctors on the turf.Who will win the Serie A title this season?

Let us know in the comments section.Thankfully following a few minutes of treatment, and a Terry Butcher-style bandage, the player was passed fit to continue.However, despite his valiance in playing on, it proved to be a day to forget the battered and bruised right-back.Ebuehi later saw red of a different kind after receiving his marching orders five minutes into injury time, moments before Napoli struck a second.The incident isn't the only occasion in which the recently-promoted Venice-based outfit have found themselves in the news this season.The Winged Lions unveiled a stylish kit ahead of their first campaign back in Italy's.