Falcao tweets hospital bed photo as Monaco team-mates don special shirts in his honour



Injured Monaco striker Radamel Falcao has tweeted a picture of his hospital room as he watched his team beat Marseille 2-0.

His team-mates did not forget that their star man was not with them as they all wore shirts on top of their kit as they walked out saying: 'Fuerza Tigre', which can be translated as 'Come on Tiger!'.

Along with the picture, Falcao tweeted (translation): 'From Porto watching the team. Thank you for giving me the strength, I'm here to give you mine!'

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Radamel Falcao in happier times earlier this season



Interested party: Monaco striker Radamel Falcao watching his side beat Marseille from his hospital bed

Loyal: His team-mates wore shirts saying: 'Fuerza Tigre' - which can be translated as 'Come on Tiger!'

In their thoughts: The club put up a picture of Falcao on their big screen during the game The Colombian forward was injured playing against Chasselay when defender Soner Ertek inadvertently caused the injury.

Falcao earlier tweeted Ertek saying (translation): 'Soner Ertek thanks for your posts. Do not blame yourself for what happened as it was a soccer accident'.

He has had his left knee operated on and his nation are still hoping there is a way he may be able to come back and play in the World Cup. Even Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, went to visit him in hospital. Jose Carlos Noronha, at the hospital in Porto, said that 'it's not out of the question' and gave Falcao a better than 50 per cent chance of making it to Brazil. Ouch! Falcao was injured when Chasselay defender Soner Ertek tackled him during their French Cup game

Concerned: The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos (second left) visited Falcao

Operation: The forward had put up a picture of him alongside his surgeons Monaco went on to beat Marseille thanks to goals from Valere Germain and Emmanuel Riviere. Germain put the hosts ahead four minutes before the break, outspeeding Souleymane Diawara before beating keeper Steve Mandanda with a low, diagonal shot. In the 57th minute, Riviere found the back of the net after collecting Geoffrey Kondogbia's defence-splitting pass to double the tally. It leaves Monaco three points behind PSG at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Victory: Monaco beat Marseille on Sunday 2-0 with goals from Valere Germain and Emmanuel Riviere



