Unfortunately, in the game today, whether intentional or not, players are on the receiving end of bad tackles and wayward physical contact. I'd like to believe that there are minimal malicious intent in at least the greater amount of games thats being played today. Instead of focussing on the perpetrators, I think its good if we could reflect on the injuries sustained by some of these great players and also feel for them in their trying times.

Sounds like i'm mourning right? The reason I thought I could start this thread was because I watched the Bilbao Vs Getafe replay abit ago, and Yeste (Bilbao) had a head on collission with Getafe's keeper, and the beauty was he immediately got up, but it was evident that something had gone wrong, and the panic could be seen in the eyes of ALL the players on the field.

I not only feel for them, but also am inspired by their courageous comebacks, and it doesnt matter which flag and banner ur from, get in touch with that human side of yours and provide your insight on some of the worst tackles you've seen and how you felt for the INJURED at that point of time.

Kindly RESTRAIN from bashing the tackler or perpetrator or leg-cruncher as this thread is for you to feel for the ones on the crutches/bandages.
Ex. "Taylor is a friggin murderer" <-- None of this please!!

The worst injuries i've seen (In no specific order)

1) Larsson Vs Lyon
2) Cant remember the guys name, but if im not mistaken, he was on the receiving end of Michael Balls elbow (i think)
3) Yeste Vs Getafe
4) Eduardo Vs Birmingham

Unfortunately I cudnt locate the video on Yeste's injuries, but please feel free to give your input!

- Pedro Mendes got "body contact" by ex-ManCity's player. Can't remember his name.
- Sagna's clearance, unbalance. recently against Chelsea. But that one is he fall himself.
- Terry got kick in the face. By Diaby. That's a near death experience for him if Arsenal Physio Gary Lewin wasn't there.

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Mar 25 2008, 07:32 PM

Alan Smith out to dodge John Arne Riise's freekick

If on recent event, the tackle made by martin taylor maybe?


Off topic:
I like gary lewin...he is a great physio

lucas neil on cisse. (blackburn vs liverpool)

alan smith on himself (liverpool vs man u)

The incident where Stephen hunt knocked on Cech?Personally,I think that's very severe..

agreed
it was terrible accident back there
everyone were shocked

another one is in Eduardo's case..

Schumacher vs Patrick Battiston. World Cup 1982.

Zheng Zhi on Djibril Cisse.

The thread is about injuries. Whats with the horrific fouls?

If fouls included, i agree with Schumacher on Batiston

bcos awful fouls lead to severe injuries

Schumacher?which club..

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edited...this one rite..



This post has been edited by nazman: Mar 25 2008, 08:35 PM

source: wikipedia

This post has been edited by bwan: Mar 25 2008, 08:36 PM

That Italian guy who just joined Chelsea for few game...then injured cause him to retire from football..forget his name

Do you mean Di Matteo? He played 6 years for Chelsea. But the injury he suffered was really bad that forced him to retire at the age of 31 only.

not Di Matteo..striker.. perlugi something...

The Schumacher foul was one of the most horrendous knock i've seen in a long time. It could have killed Batiston, honestly.

Worst thing is, Schumacher was not reprimanded by the ref and he didn't make an effort to apologise to Batiston on the spot and even after the game. Apparently he says he didn't wanna apologise coz there was too many French players there and he didn't wanna make things worst by going near the player.

Ya ya. my bad. Remember that. He's Pierluigi Casiraghi, now Italian Under 21 manager together with another ex-Clesea Zola.

This post has been edited by bwan: Mar 25 2008, 08:59 PM

I think Essien foul is one of the worst.
He broke one defender leg, but I forgot the name of the player.

Against which team?

If I remember correctly, it was a very bad tackle but no major injury to the player. And Essien escape the punishment from the referee too. I could be wrong tho.

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Added on March 25, 2008, 9:03 pmApparently he personally apologise to Battiston. He accept the apology but insisted he won't be 40 meter nearer to Schumacher if they happen to see each other.


This post has been edited by bwan: Mar 25 2008, 09:03 PM

Well you might be right on the apologising after the game. I remember reading somewhere that he didn't bother to apologise on the spot. Even looking at the video you could see Schumacher was cool even after the battered Batiston.

LOL-ed...but if i m him, i also afraid la..

cisse:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2cF4-rI_LjU


henrik larrson:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gPUJB5g6n5Y

I wonder why Germany's goalie always have a fierce looks. Look at Kahn and Lehman. Seriously, I am also wonder why he can be so cool after the incident and later on take the goal kick as nothing happened. The same goes to the referee.

saw the larsson incident
quite terrible
juz tersepak n then broken...

for is the Eduardo incident....

holly shit for cisse and larsson's case, shall FA implement back heel guard?

the tackle on them looks like very soft , but end up its horrible injury..

bcos they were mistimed.

Focus on the left leg.
I saw it live on the tivo and can see the white fractured bone sticking out while the medic attended to him.

eduardo injured always make me feel like very hurt

the 1996 injury which cause one southampton player 2 retire from football. 4got his name liao. all i remember is the pitch need 2 be washed full of red ink trails after the player being taken away. yucks.

David Busst's career ending injury has to be the worst. Happened against Man Utd years back. Had to undergo bout 20+ surgeries but still couldn't regain full use of his leg.

I watched a documentarty on Astro SuperSport couple of months ago abeilt towards the end of the show. They were showing an old clip where the stud actually cut the opposition leg big time. Can see the fresh. OMG.

The one against Ben Haim, yes he escaped punishment, the one against Hammann he got a 2 match ban if I'm not mistaken. But yeah, no major injuries.

IIRC, it was against Hamman...very bad tackle, Essien did not apologise immediately and only do so after a few days...

i also remember lampard tackle on alonso, cant remember when...the tackle were bad too

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Added on March 26, 2008, 10:13 amthe ex-Mancity player would probably be Ben Thatcher...

This post has been edited by uNeVErwaLkaloNe: Mar 26 2008, 10:13 AM

my friend told me....
back then,there was this tackle done by Roy Keane
on some player
from sources...it was understood that if he had the chance,he would intend to end that *particular player* career
and true enough both team clashes...and he had his chance
bamm...he really ended that guy career
not sure whats the guy name....
and not sure if its true....

Alf Inge Haaland.

What about players that suddenly die on the picth?No bloody tackle, off the ball..simply collapse then gone forever..

thx
omg i just saw the tackle

what did keane get from that tackle
1 year ban? or the rules on tackles that time wasnt that strict

just saw that tackle by lucas neill against dijibril cisse.. quite terrible.. scary though..

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Added on March 26, 2008, 3:03 pmeven worst go for larsson... got his leg broken, then got some knee hit on his chest..

This post has been edited by Apis_LuaLua: Mar 26 2008, 03:03 PM

is there any injury caused by the ball ? Like kene roberto carlos's shot to the head and broke the neck ka ? lol

i remember ronaldo got hit by the ball into his balls twice in the same game. Nothing serious but damn funny

The most "shocking" injury - Rivaldo World Cup 2002 Brazil - Turkey.
Clutches the face and fall even though it's clearly shown in the tivo there's nothing.


p/s: no one expect that to happen and no one expect referee to react....thus most shocking.....

This post has been edited by b00n: Mar 26 2008, 06:08 PM

personally the most shocking injury i've seen is cisse's broken tibia and fibula. damn boon, the picture you added in this thread reminds me how bad it was, i wanted to puke on the spot.

i couldn't comment on eduardo's because i have not seen it, and i don't really want to. aside from the few captions shown in the newspaper, i try not to watch it. but from those pictures should really be censored.

i try not to watch playbacks of any of those horrendous injuries because i think it's sickening, makes me wanna give up playing football. especially cisse's, when he wasn't even being tackled. they got tangled up and the leg just snapped, crap. how unlucky can you get?

but i must salute rivaldo's terrible injury, look at the replay you can see what pain he must've felt at that time. i watched that match live too...

Yeah that's the 2 which I can recall watching live over the telecast.

this the best la.

since everyone's busy posting 'shocking' injuries, i might as well add the robben injury he had playing against liverpool.

you know, the one where reina puts his hand on robben, and robben falls down clutching his necks as though he just got strangled by reina's 'fist of poison', boy that was shocking...

when did this happen? funny la actually... 4 me is eduardo's injury la, the worst i have ever seen... the worst i probly will ever c..

by far the most shocking and scariest moment in football history..
dont mind the background music..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=42klb5HjvBk

OMG... i din neo u could move so much b4 u die... shit scary la, when did it happen and who was the guy? how come nvr seen in papers and such?

he just got 3 matches ban initially for receive a red card of malice tackle
he revealed it was a intention in his biography then FA add another 10matches ban, but that time he off to a surgery....

according to mu fans, the retirement of haaland not because of that tackle wor....

best la this wan, the great Rivaldo also lose

i think it was in a saudi league or sumthing... yeah it seems like "something" or "someone" took away his life!
some sources said he had a spasm and he is fine after the incident... but who knows

in bundesliga lower division

The game was between Al-Raed and Hajer, two clubs in Saudi Arabia. The player freaking out is a Hajer player, and he was hit in the side of the head and suffered a seizure. He did not fake, and he was not possessed. He had to be taken to hospital, but he lived and was absolutely fine. In fact, he played the very next game for Hajer.

The player's name is Abdulrahman Al-Shoaibi.

copied the above from one of the comments.

He didn't die, he had a seizure but went on to recover and continue playing.

huh he looks like being possessed. quite scary.

hahaha yeah...macam hantu puaka masuk dlm badan huhuhu

yea , looks like possessed by ghost..scary tho.

Look at the speed they are running at. And the entire body weight concentrated only on 1 leg.

But still, shockingly, I mean, shockingly to me means unexpected, I would say Riise's shot that broke Smith's leg.

That's shocking because the shot was so hard, it broke his leg.

Riise's rocket hit Smith's leg which caused him to land awkwardly. It was the contact with the ground that caused the break. If a player could actually break another player's leg by simply thumping the ball with all his might, imagine how much damage players who get smacked right in the face would incur.

agree with u.. dont think a ball can break a leg

Apparently it hit his nerves. I've seen a cat once being hit by a car at the head. The cat went turning and turning real fast and run hear and there b4 dies. Real freaky.


Time to call for mythbusters. I don't think that the ball and human leg contained enough physics to break another human leg. More or so with the newer and more lighter balls to come every year.

It's logic actually. You don't see many goalkeepers hospitalised after getting smacked by the ball.

Exactly. He landed awkwardly and basically sat on his own leg.

If the force of the ball was the reason he got his leg broken, Roberto Carlos would be banned from football as a potential hazard,

LOL...how true.

If a ball could do that much damage, there wouldn't be a wall defending a free kick. Imagine getting hit in the nuts by a rocket shot.

Yea unlikely the ball can cause a broken leg.

However, lighter balls means more speed. Speed is a greater factor when calculating energy. So technically, a lighter ball can do more damage if it was hit with more speed.

Scary background music..

yea the video plus the music is really scary..

ah, but it was the force of the ball that made him lost balance and fell awkwardly.

So technically, Riise broke his leg. >.<

dangerous though being a footballer..

Being footballer is risky,so easy to get body contact.

but all damm rich weeh..

Holy snaps.
If that really was true,

Cristiano Ronaldo could be a most wanted man for murdering people on the field with his free kick antics. WHAM right into the wall.

I FOUND THE REASON WHY I OPENED THIS THREAD !!
This was the injury I was referring to. I still get the creeps when I watch the player still trying to get up and continue, while his teammates are begging him to get off the field. They were terrified. Haihs. I really hope that hes ok, cos i dont know where to get the news.

YouTube - Head Collision

This post has been edited by aboogee: Mar 28 2008, 02:26 PM

Not necessarily. Newton's 2nd law Force=(m)mass x (a)acceleration. While lighter and bouncier ball has increase in a but it is compensated by the lack of m, therefore the Force might still be the same. The only way to increase the Force is by using 12kg bowling ball on football matches .

Maybe all future footballers should wear helmets like Cech.

Yes but what really matters in collision is energy not force. In this case kinetic energy which is Energy = 0.5 m v^2 where the speed is squared.

Woh hold on a sec. Am I reading a Football Lounge thread or a science research on footballing hazards?

wahh head collision and the guy's looks like going to faint

Phil Babb's balls crunching injury. OUCH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti4vpffQFVo

good gawd sure mandul afterwards

Yeah I remember that one. Cringe everytime I look at it

frm wat i can remember..
i think eduardo injury is the worse ive seen..
petr cech is injury was quite serious also..
but now he gets to wear a cool head gear..haha

does this hurt?
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=tSyAUaL5iqw&

i would say eduardo's too.. but miraculously, it takes only 9 months to recover..
technology nowadays

I'd say Eduardo's injury is a relatively straight forward injury to heal. Its a broken bone, something that stunt actors, skate boarders and etc suffer and yet they come back to action after recovering. Its the fact that it looked horrifying to see someone's leg go the other way. Of coz i'm not saying its a small injury but there are alot more injury that literally ends a players career but doesn't look as bad as Eduardo's leg break. Injuries related to muscles and ligaments are player's worst nightmare whereby the rehabilitation will take forever.

Eduardo's chance of playing again is pretty good, just as long as he's mentally prepared to come on the field and not be affected by the sight of the broken leg.

dudu injury is the worst for this season..get well soon dude

Roy keane's tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland , the tackle basically ended his career

Wasn't the main reason his career ended, though the challenge might have contributed a part in it. It was a problem on the other leg that caused Haaland to quit football. Remember, he played again a few weeks after the tackle.

I'm rather surprised Keane's a calm figure as a manager nowadays. He used to be barking orders and leading by example on the pitch. I'd say he's one of the calmer figure, not so animated compared to Martin Oneill or Rafa Benitez. A far cry from what he was during his playing days.

Might be a composed figure when the camera's are on around him, but I doubt the players will say the same in the dressing room. Doubt he'd shy away from "dressing down" the players and give them a proper hairdryer, a la Ferguson. Don't know about you guys, but having a boss like Keane will make me piss my pants, twice.