What happened to Christian Eriksen overshadowed the serious gambling incident that occurred in Timothy Chestnuts, during Belgium’s debut match at the European Championships, won 3-0 over Russia. A few hours had passed since the cardiac arrest of Eriksen when shortly after 20 minutes of play in St. Petersburg, the ex winger Atalanta he collapsed to the ground with a bloody face following a terrible impact with the Russian Kuzyaev.
The diagnosis for Chestnuts: six fractures to the face
The danger of the game clash and the possible consequences were obvious: both left the field and the worst was Chestnuts who reported a first, merciless diagnosis. For him, double fracture of the eye socket.
A response in itself already alarming, but which turned out to be well below the real extent of that violent impact: the 25-year-old Belgian suffered, in fact, six fractures to his face with this injury, as evidenced by the exams he was subjected to. subjected. Europeans concluded for Chestnuts, today at Leicester, who must undergo a complex operation, given the extent of the fractures and the extremely delicate point of the face.
The surgery should last several hours, precisely no less than four hours, given the number of fractures and where they were found.
The consequences for Belgium, after the stop of Castagne
The Belgium therefore, at the start of the continental tournament, one of his most envied and coveted men loses even if in the match against Russia nothing was missing to center the result: now it will be up to Meunier, exterior of the Borussia Dortmund play the rest of the Europeans as a starter. A solid alternative for Martinez on the right wing, with Thorn Hazard placed on the opposite side.
The technical commissioner of Belgium, Roberto Martinez, he was very cautious about the possibility of his return even if Belgium were to continue:
“If we reach the final, of course he can come. But we will have to see if he can stay on the pitch, I doubt it. Medically it takes four weeks. But after the case of Axel Witsel, who shouldn’t be here after his injury, I’m not ruling out medical miracles ”.
An eventuality that could occur only in a remote hypothesis, considering the recovery times from the operation to the face to which it is subjected Chestnuts.
VIRGILIO SPORT | 06-15-2021 14:41
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