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post Mar 25 2008, 08:03 PM

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Schumacher vs Patrick Battiston. World Cup 1982.


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QUOTE(befitozi @ Mar 25 2008, 08:17 PM)
The thread is about injuries. Whats with the horrific fouls?

If fouls included, i agree with Schumacher on Batiston
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Battiston arrived just before Schumacher, firing off a shot to the left of Schumacher. Just before the resulting collision, Schumacher jumped and put his hands in the air and to his left, as if trying to stop the ball, even though the ball already had passed him. He also seemed to oddly twist and contort his legs off to the side of him while mid-flight, resulting in his buttocks actually making the first impact with Battiston.[1] Afterwards, Battiston was prone, unmoving on the pitch, with his two front teeth knocked out and damaged vertebrae. He received oxygen on the pitch.[2] Michel Platini later said that he thought that Battiston was dead, because "he had no pulse and looked pale"


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The German goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher, raced towards Battiston as the Frenchman took the shot, missing the goal. Schumacher leapt into the air, twisting his body and colliding with Battiston. In the process Schumacher's hip hit the French striker's face. Battiston, clattered, fell to the ground unconscious, with damaged vertebrae and teeth knocked out, later slipping into a coma. Emergency medics had to administer oxygen on the pitch.[1] Michel Platini later said that he thought that Battiston was dead, because "he had no pulse and looked pale".[2]
source: wikipedia

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QUOTE(beck_ken @ Mar 25 2008, 08:41 PM)
That Italian guy who just joined Chelsea for few game...then injured cause him to retire from football..forget his name
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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.
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QUOTE(beck_ken @ Mar 25 2008, 08:54 PM)
not Di Matteo..striker.. perlugi something...  rclxub.gif
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Ya ya. my bad. Remember that. He's Pierluigi Casiraghi, now Italian Under 21 manager together with another ex-Clesea Zola.

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QUOTE(aaron1kee @ Mar 25 2008, 08:58 PM)
I think Essien foul is one of the worst.
He broke one defender leg, but I forgot the name of the player.
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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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QUOTE(giotto @ Mar 25 2008, 08:56 PM)
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.
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Apparently 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. smile.gif


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QUOTE(giotto @ Mar 25 2008, 09:24 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.
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I wonder why Germany's goalie always have a fierce looks. Look at Kahn and Lehman. biggrin.gif 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.

 

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