“All I remember is that when I fell, I looked down at my foot and it had turned the other way. The rest is just a blank.” -Eduardo da Silva, Arsenal/Croatia star
“Ouch.”
Sky match director Grant Best, who made the decision not to show a replay of the injury to viewers, said: “The reaction of Cesc Fabregas told me it was a bad injury so I quickly looked at the replay.
“That told me it was a very bad injury and we weren’t going to show it. It looked like his foot was hanging from his leg.
“It is the most horrific injury I have seen in 13 years of working in football and it reminded me immediately of David Busst’s injury.”
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David Busst was a Coventry City defender who suffered a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula in a collision with Manchester United defender Denis Irwin during a match at Old Trafford in April 1996.
The leg break was so bad that the bone pierced the skin and Busst’s blood had to be cleared from the pitch.
He never played professionally again. United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who witnessed the injury, required counselling afterwards.
Our hearts go out to you Eduardo.
