Had Juan Zuniga kneed Brazil’s Neymar 2cm higher in the back, he could have paralyzed him
Juan Zuniga’s brutal knee on Neymar’s back fractured the Brazilian’s vertebrae, and ended his World Cup in one felled swoop.
And with Neymar’s X-Ray inevitably making its way to the Internet, the image reveals the gravity of the injury – and just how close he was from much, much worse.
Be they amateur chiropractors, journos, or medical students, the theory has taken hold that had Juan Zuniga implanted his knee a mere 2 inches higher on Neymar’s back, he could have…
PARALYZED HIM.
I.e., left him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his days. Now there’s a chilling thought, which gives pause for reflection on all the talk of ‘man’s game, fouls happen’, etc.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/had-juan-zuniga-kneed-brazils-neymar-2cm-higher-in-the-back-he-could-have-paralyzed-him-x-ray-image/