Bayer Leverkusen Nigerian striker Victor Boniface escaped with minor injuries after he was involved in a car crash on Saturday.
Bonitace scored Leverkusen’s winning goal in their 2-1 victory at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga earlier in the day.
But the 23-year-old was taken to hospital in the evening after the Mercedes he was travelling in was involved in a major incident.
The car that was involved in the accident
Bundesliga champions Leverkusen have said that Boniface has only suffered minor injuries to his hand.
According to German newspaper Bild (via Mirror) the striker is ‘doing well considering the circumstances and is only slightly injured’.
Boniface uploaded multiple photographs and a video of his smashed Mercedes on Instagram.
Also he took a picture of his hand which was covered in blood, as well as a selfie from the hospital which was captioned: ‘Thank you lord.’
On Sunday, Boniface wrote on social media ‘god is the greatest’ and ‘god says my time hasn’t come’.
It’s understood that Boniface was not driving the Mercedes, but was en route to Frankfurt airport to pick up friends.
Meanwhile, Leverkusen are due to play away to French side Brest in the Champions League this Wednesday.
