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Cross makes everything clear after head injury: “I’m fine”
Nuremberg’s Tom Krauss (M) is injured and taken out of the stadium, but shows his thumb. Photo: Danielle Karman / dpa
Nuremberg Nuremberg’s Tom Krauss has suffered a massive head injury in the DFB Cup fight against HSV. The rulers of football have only begun to deal with the topic of concussion again.
In an aerial duel, Tom Krauss from Nuremberg and Miro Muhime from Hamburger SV crashed together. The cross immediately fell to the ground, hit hard, Muhime grabbed his forehead.
Referee Bastian Dankert immediately shakes hands with doctors at a DFB Cup fight on Tuesday evening. The cross is temporarily motionless on the lawn. Once again, a blow to the head in football triggers a debate about the risks in aerial combat.
With his head bandaged, Cross made everything clear during his replacement with Thums Up on a stretcher after half-time. Day after day big relief: On Wednesday, 20-year-old got permission to leave the hospital, he got hurt. “I am fine again. Above all, I want to thank you all for the loving well wishes of recovery. It was really nice and touched me emotionally,” said Krauss, who is sympathetic to Muhime. Was happy too.” He approached and apologized. A great gesture. “
“It was a shocking moment”
In a photo on the club’s website, teammates are holding their colleague’s jerseys. “It was a moment of shock for the players who were standing around it,” said their coach Robert Kloss in the evening, who himself ran his injured player onto the grass. During the scary scene, the players had made a privacy screen.
What exactly happened to the cross in a duel, which is not uncommon in football? “At first it doesn’t look like it’s anything serious,” said Klaus in the initial vague assessment after the penalty shoot-out. After a night in the hospital further examinations confirmed the evaluation. But first he has to do without a junior midfielder.
The most recent guest article by Tim Meyer and Thomas Hauser in “Kicker” was titled, “Concussions are by no means trivial”. Meyer is the chairman of the medical committees of the DFB and UEFA, and has also been the team doctor for the national team since 2001. Hauser, in turn, is the head of the medical center on the DFB campus and a member of the medical commission.
“If you continue to play with a concussion, you risk poor brain function. There are also indications that if you return to the field too early, there is a risk of further injuries because football-specific coordination is restricted. can be done,” wrote the doctors of two more recent findings.
Football’s rulers have long been concerned with accidents and heads. For example, a study on concussions in football was on the agenda of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on Wednesday. The advisory panel recommended extending the testing period in some competitions to August 2022, with additional replacements in case of injury.
Baseline Screening from 2019
The German Football League is also aware of this sensitive and important subject. The so-called baseline screenings have taken place in both German top leagues since the 2019/20 season. Neurological tests are performed prior to the start of the season to determine possible deviations from normal health in the event of serious injuries.
The German Society for Neurology in Weimar cited a Scottish study a few days ago, according to which professional footballers have a 3.5 times higher risk of developing neurodegenerative disease in later life than the general population. This means that nerve cells are destroyed. As a result, head protection was brought into play.
For a long time there have been players who wear helmets – but not as a precaution. Former Czech world-class goalkeeper Petr Cech had already decided in 2006 to always wear head protection when on duty for Chelsea FC and later Arsenal FC.
In Germany, midfielder Klaus Gajsula grabbed a helmet as he broke his right zygomatic arch in a collision in 2013. Today’s SV Darmstadt professional said a long time ago: “People act only when it has already happened, not before.”
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