Dusan Tadic expects to wear a mask for Serbia's friendly against Ukraine on Tuesday night and again when Southampton face Liverpool on Saturday after suffering a suspected broken nose from Neil Taylor's high kick.
The Wales defender accidentally hit Tadic in the face while attempting to clear the ball during the first half of Saturday's World Cup qualifier, drawing significant blood and leaving the winger dazed.
Tadic required five minutes of medical treatment to stem the flow and was forced to change shirts, but he insisted on carrying on because 'Serbia people are not soft'.
Tadic appeared after game with a bad graze on the bridge of his swollen nose and cotton in both nostrils and he is likely to require protection when he next takes the field.