Wrexham striker Paul Mullin injured in collision with Manchester United goalie

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Striker Paul Mullin, one of many stars of the “Welcome to Wrexham” docuseries, was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a collision with Manchester United goalie Nathan Bishop in a pleasant Tuesday night time.

Mullin was trying a header when Bishop challenged him simply exterior the field within the eleventh minute and the 2 went down. Mullin instantly grabbed his head along with his proper hand and his left hip along with his left hand, and was clearly in ache. He was down for about seven minutes. A stretcher and a cart have been despatched out and Mullin was surrounded by medical personnel, however he ultimately received up and slowly walked off with help whereas sporting an oxygen masks.

Manager Phil Parkinson referred to as it a small puncture and stated the crew didn’t instantly know the way lengthy Mullin can be out. Ryan Reynolds, who owns Wrexham with fellow actor Rob McElhenney, tweeted that “Paul Mullin puts his last drop of blood into everything he does” and that your complete Wrexham neighborhood was pulling for a speedy restoration.

“Obviously it’s a massive blow for us,” Parkinson stated after Wrexham received 3-1 in entrance of a document crowd of 34,248 at San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium within the third of 4 matches on a U.S. tour. “Injuries are part and parcel of football and you’ve got to deal with them as a group and we’ll come out stronger.”

The common season begins Aug. 5 for the Welsh membership, which not too long ago earned promotion to English soccer’s fourth tier.

Bishop was not injured and was booed each time he touched the ball after the collision.

“I’m fuming,” Parkinson stated. “It was a careless, reckless problem, preseason sport. I’m not pleased with it in any respect.”

Wrexham supporters typically serenade their crew’s finest participant with a music referred to as “Super Paul Mullin” and it got here throughout in “Welcome to Wrexham” that the striker is the favourite participant of Reynolds and McElhenney. McElhenney was on the match however Reynolds wasn’t.

There was no rating when Mullin was damage. Wrexham scored twice in a seven-minute span and led 2-1 at halftime.

“The way the lads responded after that I thought was honestly outstanding,” Parkinson stated.

Wrexham, the oldest membership from Wales, finishes its tour Saturday in opposition to Philadelphia Union II.