LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Two Benfica players were injured when rocks were thrown at the Portuguese soccer club’s bus on a motorway after the team was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Tondela.
Benfica said German midfielder Julian Weigl and Serbian winger Andrija Zivkovic were struck by glass shrapnel when the bus was stoned on the A2 motorway on Thursday. They were treated at Hospital da Luz.
On Friday, both players posted the same photograph of themselves giving the thumbs-up sign. In the Instagram photo, there is a bandage covers Zivkovic’s right eye. The attackers have not been identified, but the players addressed the likelihood that the culprits are Benfica fans.