Nelson Oliveira thanks medical staff for treatment on facial injuries as wife demands ban for Tyrone Mings
Oliveira's wife has called for a ‘lengthy ban’ after a the Reading player was left with gruesome facial injuries follwoig Mings' step on his face
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Your support makes all the difference.Reading striker Nelson Oliveira has thanked medical staff after he sustained horrific facial injuries in a clash during his home debut for the club.
The 27-year-old, who is on loan from Norwich, was left bloodied with two deep cuts and a suspected broken nose after being caught by the boot of defender Tyrone Mings during Saturday's goalless Sky Bet Championship draw with Aston Villa.
Gruesome photographs of Oliveira's injuries emerged over the weekend, but the frontman confirmed on Monday he had been released from hospital in an Instagram post which showed the repair work.
He said: "Finally at home. I want to thank the entire medical team at readingfc and the Royal Berkshire Hospital who helped me brilliantly during these tough days. I have no words to say how grateful I am.
"Thank you to all the people who sent me messages sharing love and support that will definitely help me get back even stronger! A special thank you to my lovely and beautiful wife melrodrigues22 for always standing by my side in every moments. See you soon."
Mings, who was making his Villa debut on loan from Bournemouth, sent his best wishes to Oliveira after the game via his Twitter account.
He said: "Absolutely loved wearing the claret and blue today and over the moon with the clean sheet! AVFCOfficial Feel awfully sorry to Oliveira, I hope he is OK."
Oliveira's wife, however, called for Mings to recieve a ‘lengthy ban’ in a post on Instagram. She wrote: "Just want to say that Nelson is much better. It was a sad day for us and I hope someone will appeal for this guy to get a lengthy ban!
"There's absolutely no excuse for his behaviour. He knew where his head was. Any injury is upsetting but something like this is just disgusting.
"I hope something will happen, he can't get away with that! He's got previous!
"Thank you all for the messages, love and support."
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