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The Danish national team goalkeeper is also Leicester City, Kasper Schmeichel experience a moment of horror. His head was almost badly injured, after being hit by a running player’s leg.
It happened sometimes Denmark national team entertaining Iceland on Sunday (15/11) yesterday. Denmark can win three points with a narrow 2-1 victory.
But at the end of the first half, terrible things happened. When the Danish goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel moved to secure the ball.
Kasper Schmeichel catch the ball and drop the body. However, there was Iceland striker Albert Gudmundsson running towards him.
Unfortunately, Schmeichel dropped to the running Gudmundsson. Schmeichel hit Albert Gudmundsson in the head in the thigh, which left the goalkeeper immobile and immediately received treatment.
Even so, Kasper Schmeichel can still be on the field a few seconds before the first half is complete. Only in the second half, he was immediately replaced.
The Danish national team coach, Kasper Hjulmand, provided an update on Schmeichel’s collision.
“Schmeichel is in good shape. It looks bad, but there is no problem with his head,” said Hjulmand as quoted by the press. Mirror.
“The checks will continue. We hope he is well,” he continued.
Kasper Schmeichel himself could be absent from defending Leicester in the Premier League continued tomorrow against Liverpool.
Injury to the head is a ‘nightmare’ for a goalkeeper. One of them is like the Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech in October 2006 against Reading.
While guarding the Chelsea goal in the match against Reading, Cech secured the ball while sliding and there was an opposing player Stephen Hunt who also ran fast towards the ball.
Cech managed to hug the ball, Hunt could not avoid Cech’s head. Cech’s head hit Hunt’s leg and then hit the ground. Cech then collapsed.
Cech had to be out for one year to recover. The doctor even said, Cech nearly lost his life.
Once back on the field, Cech also wears a special protective helmet. It’s actually called the scrum cap.
The International Rugby Council (IRB) provides fairly clear rules for this scrum hat material. The material is required to be soft and thin while stiff materials such as plastic and buckles are prohibited. This is very different from the helmet or armor worn in ice hockey, which is a rigid and hard material.
The parts of the hat are prohibited from being more than one centimeter thick in an unstressed condition, and no parts have a density of more than 45 kg per cubic meter.
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The special protective helmet worn by Petr Cech (Getty Images / Jamie McDonald)— |
The wearing of a scrum hat has become a hot topic of conversation regarding the protection of goalkeepers in the field. Some people think it’s good for a goalkeeper to wear a scrum hat. However, until now, this has not been realized.
(aff / mrp)
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