Cech undergoes surgery on fractured skull
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i din see cudicini's accident. any video?
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swallow tongue!
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looks to me to be a 50/50 ball too,jose mourinho is exagerrating
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HereOriginally posted by SBS9828X:i din see cudicini's accident. any video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBJ-_2RhMQ4&mode=related&search= -
Another bad incident... Looks painful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVHSzF5gvA&mode=related&search= -
50-50, someone said?
Well, please don't discard the skills of the player in question. -
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been warned a return to action too soon after an operation on his fractured skull could prove fatal.
The stark warning comes from Peter Hamlyn, consultant neuro-surgeon and director for centre of sports at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
Hamlyn wrote: 'If Petr Cech returns too soon from his head injury, the result could be fatal.
'He risks what is known as `second impact syndrome'. This happens when a second blow causes swelling to the brain before it has recovered fully from an earlier injury. It is a situation that could prove fatal, even if the first blow is deemed not to be serious.
'With that in mind, I would think Cech is likely to be out for at least six months. 'That is about the length of time it takes for stout bone healing to take place. -
Gordon Taylor has offered his backing to Stephen Hunt, supporting the view the Reading midfielder did not intentionally injure Petr Cech.
Hunt was heavily criticised by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for the incident on Saturday which left goalkeeper Cech with a fractured skull.
Former Arsenal keeper Bob Wilson felt there was nothing untoward in the challenge and Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Taylor also subscribes to that view.
"When I saw the incident I didn't take the view that it was intentional," said Taylor.
"Bob Wilson is very cogent on goalkeeping matters and he said that it is part and parcel of the game.
"Bob has an experienced view on goalkeeping and he saw Hunt trying to move his foot away, but catching Petr Cech with his knee - the ball was there go to for and he did his best to avoid him."
Chelsea are still waiting to learn how long Cech will be sidelined for after he was hurt in the first minute of the 1-0 win at Reading. -
yes. 50-50 ball.Originally posted by Parka: 50-50, someone said?
Well, please don't discard the skills of the player in question. -
unfortunate....
1 man doesn't maketh a team but i hv to say cech is an invaluable member in chel$ki. he makes a big diff to chel$ki's backline. cudi also very unlucky...
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don't believe anyone would want to really go in and injure another player.
if he goes in with his studs flying or elbow trailing, I believe but this is really an accident. given the severity, I bet JM is making lots of noise.
but he forgot one thing, FrankR, Barca has learnt how to ignore his BS. So he wasting his energy. -
as a football fan, do recover well..
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JOSE MOURINHO was last night warned he could face legal action after repeating his claim that Stephen Hunt deliberately tried to injure Chelsea keeper Petr Cech.
The champions confirmed that Cech is on the mend after he regained consciousness yesterday following surgery for a fractured skull. And Hunt has written to the Czech Republic international, apologising for his challenge.
But that has not stopped Mourinho from going on the warpath - and piling pressure on the FA to punish the Reading midfielder. Mourinho raged: "It's one of the worst I saw in football because the goalkeeper is sliding on the wet pitch and has the ball in his hands, so the ball is not even half-and-half - it is completely safe in his hands.
"Then this boy goes to him with the knee in front and he knows what he's doing. And when he saw what he did, he was laughing.
"For me it was a very, very bad situation.
"Maybe the boy is only professional for a year, maybe was an amateur and has no sense of responsibility. I don't know.
"Maybe he didn't sleep before the game and was too excited about playing against Chelsea. The FA is there to do something and I will be curious waiting for the decision."
Players' Union chief Gordon Taylor believes 25-year-old Hunt could take legal action over the Chelsea manager's allegations.
Taylor said: "That course of action is open to any individual if someone has made those comments."
Hunt vehemently denied trying to harm Cech. -
Reading have refuted Jose Mourinho's claims that it took 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to take Petr Cech to hospital.
The Chelsea goalkeeper suffered a fractured skull at 5.15pm.
Mourinho claims that, after an ambulance was called, half-an-hour passed before the vehicle arrived to collect Cech.
The Royals have responded to the Blues manager's comments and insist only seven minutes lapsed between the ambulance being called and arriving at the ground.
"This (Mourinho's) statement contains very serious factual inaccuracies," read a statement on Reading's official website.
"The factual timeline of the afternoon's events were as follows:
"17.16 - The collision between Petr Cech and Stephen Hunt occurred and treatment was provided on the pitch.
"17.21 - Petr Cech was taken into the dressing room on a stretcher. Chelsea Football Club's medical staff were in charge of the treatment provided to Cech. At first, they decided that it was not necessary to call an ambulance.
"17.40 - Cech's condition deteriorated and the Chelsea doctor called for assistance which was immediately raised from the stadium medical control.
"17.45 - After a brief inspection of Cech, the paramedics called for an ambulance.
"17.52 - The ambulance arrived at the players' entrance.
"18.04 - The ambulance departed Madejski Stadium.
"18.11 - The ambulance arrived at the Royal Berkshire Hospital." -
The Football Association has confirmed it will take no action against Stephen Hunt for the challenge which left Petr Cech with a fractured skull.
The Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claimed Reading winger Hunt had deliberately tried to hurt Cech, something the player denied, and disciplinary chiefs have found it impossible to prove any intent.
The FA reached the same decision about Ibrahima Sonko's challenge on Chelsea's substitute keeper Carlo Cudicini, It has been accepted that referee Mike Riley saw the incidents and acted as he saw fit at the time. There will therefore be no further action."
Chelsea plan to write a letter to the FA raising a number of issues from the game which they were unhappy about. This letter will include their observations of Hunt's first-minute challenge on Cech and the speed of treatment received by the Czech goalkeeper at the Madejski Stadium. -
Mourinho complaints against Reading FC's medical staff and the Berkshire ambulance service following the injuries to Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini on Saturday.
One of the ambulance men who took Cech to hospital said yesterday: "Our reputation has been tarnished." He could hardly have been further from the truth. Only one reputation was tarnished in the aftermath of the unfortunate and regrettable injuries to Cech and Cudicini, and that belongs to Mourinho himself.
And this is, of course, a reputation that was discoloured long ago. The trouble with Mourinho's outbursts is that no objective outsider can now believe a word he says. After the unfounded suggestion that Frank Rijkaard visited the referee's room at half-time in the Nou Camp two seasons ago, and the much advertised 120-page dossier of alleged misbehaviour by Arsenal towards Chelsea, which turned out to be nothing more than a bunch of press cuttings, Chelsea's manager forfeited a great deal of his credibility. A bit more of it disappeared when he compared Stephen Hunt's collision with Cech to the notorious and heavily punished assaults committed in the last year by Michael Essien and Ben Thatcher, and the rest went over the horizon when he alleged that his No1 goalkeeper's transfer to hospital had been unnecessarily delayed, blaming everyone but his own medical staff.
Reading's response was notable for its precision and suffused with a controlled anger. Doubt had been cast on the integrity of their efforts on behalf of an injured man, and they were able to produce evidence in their own defence. Given the identity of their accuser, they had little trouble finding a sympathetic audience.
Mourinho's approach, however, is not the way to do it. Such wild accusations do greater damage to the accuser than to the accused, and a gifted coach will have lost even more admirers outside the little world of Stamford Bridge.