apparently if the medical team had not of reacted so quickly Eduardo may have had his leg amputated because of the dislocation the blood stops flowing to that part of the body which can kill the limb. So it could have been worse for the lad
same as cisse, medics on football are amazing.
In terms of the challenge, people saying he should have a lengthy ban, do you think people who make a terrible high challenge that doesnt break a bone but easily could have should face a long ban aswell. It has been done by our players before, i dont think it was a fair challenge atall but intentional no way, what reason does he have for doing it so early in the game, do you think this man is roy keane or something. Gerrard has made a challenge worse than this before but it didnt cause a break which was good.
We see challenges where the player goes in that hard every single game, it just doesnt seem so because they win the ball or they dont hit the player. when i saw the challenge i thought it was a tough challenge but had no idea he had broken da silvas leg, da silva shifted the ball away from taylor very quickly butttt taylor shouldnt have had his foot so high atall. As a defender myself i know how to make a challenge and people do go in hard, that is never going to change. The best defenders in the world go into challenges with a no nonsense attitude, but it is not intending to cause damage.
Taylor did bad and he knew it as soon as the challenge had been made, he has the respect to go and see eduardo though.
While his manager Arsene Wenger was quick to blame Taylor - comments which he later retracted - Eduardo admits it was just 'one of those things'.
"It was an unfortunate situation but these things can happen in football," he said - but then insisted he was already looking to making his comeback.
the words of eduardo himself and i think he of all people would know.
it wasnt intentional and had he won the ball and not broken eduardos leg it would be considered a fantastic challenge, there is a thin line between a great challenge and a malicious one, the latter is more like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF0xeo5uZmw
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