Polish central defense of FC Porto left the game before Vitoria SC on Sunday with vision problems. Player was evaluated in the hospital and remains integrated in the summons of his selection.
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09/11/2026
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O FC Porto issued at the beginning of the afternoon of Monday, through its official platforms, a statement, in which updates the state of health of Jan Bednarek, Polish central defense that left the game before Vitória SC on Sunday with vision problems.
The shirt 5 of the blues and whites was transported to the hospital and underwent examinations that revealed only a “concussion without sequelae”.
“Following the substitution during the 11th day of the fight in Guimarães, motivated by a momentary loss of vision in the left eye, Jan Bednarek was observed by the Department of Health of FC Porto. Although the concussion suffered during the game caused a temporary loss of vision, the subsequent clinical evaluation confirmed the absence of any sequelae”, can be read in the note of blues and whites.
In view of the lack of major problems, Jan Bednarek will remain integrated into the Polish national team, which in the coming days measures forces with Romania and Sweden.
“ After the clinical evaluation, the Polish defense was only under observation and is able to join the work of the national selection of Poland, which will compete two more League of Nations days before Romania, in Bucharest (Saturday, at 7:45 p.m.), and Sweden, in Wrocław (17 November, at 7:45 p.m.) ", ends the FC Porto statement.
Farioli clarified the situation of Bednarek
After the sweaty triumph in the visit to the site of Vitória SC, by 1-2, Francesco Farioli revealed the state of health of the Polish power station.
“It’s a big concussion, I was blind when I left the field and now I’m going to undergo tests tonight. It is to follow the protocol as always ", signaled the Italian.
The four ‘clients’ of the FC Porto clinical department
Gabriel Mec, who was diagnosed with “one muscle injury to the left thigh”, expanded to four the number of players delivered to the care of the FC Porto clinical department, joining Chris Smalling, Vasco Sousa and William Gomes, whose physical condition remains the target of a particularly close follow-up.
The Brazilian sub-20 international had been used in the last two games of FC Porto, but ended up out of the game card in Guimarães due to this muscle problem.
Chris Smalling, remember, suffered an injury to the internal collateral ligament of the right knee right in the first dragon game to the chest, on 28 October, when the victory over the Academic of Viseu, in the Dragon Stadium, was achieved by 1-0, which was worth the clearance for the final four of the League Cup.
Vasco Sousa, for his part, is a long-term injury at FC Porto, since he has not played since December 14, 2025. William Gomes continues to recover from a grade 2 sprain on the right ankle contracted in the game before the Maritime.