Union’s Marcelo Sarmiento Suffers Gruesome Broken Leg vs Newell’s Old Boys (Video)
By Chris Wright
In which Marcelo Sarmiento of Union de Santa Fe (Southampton fans may recognise the name, Sarmiento briefly didn’t play for Saints back in 2006) goes in for a challenge with Newells Old Boy’s Fabian Munoz, only to look down and find his foot pointing in what can only be described as ‘the wrong direction’ if you’ll excuse the medical jargon.
Warning: This one is not for the faint-hearted…
Sarmiento splintered both is tibia and fibula and is now expected to miss at least the next six months. Even so, it was he that had to console a ‘heart-broken’ Munoz after the game:
“[Munoz] came to the locker room while I was being treated. He was heartbroken, he could not stop crying as he tried to apologise to me. It was then that I realised [the tackle] was not intentional.”
“It was stupid, but I know it was not intended to hurt me. I understood and I reassured him too.”
How lovely. What a chief.
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It looked like a badly timed kick. Must have been hard to break his leg though.
Glass Leg….
That must have hurt
Jesus.. that’s like a second knee!
Looks like the momentum of Sarmiento’s kick helped him break his own leg. That and the mistimed swipe by Munoz. Definitely didn’t look intentional.
Doesnt look intentional. For the speed of the challenge going in, that must’ve really caught the “perfect” weak spot on his ankle. :(
oooh dear, that looked inconsolobly nasty and dicriminatively late, it happened to me once and I got rushed to A+E while paint balling with the young ones. Ouch! However, disrespectfully, I dont know if he had have pulled out he would not have got hurt maybe
Ooof, I hope he’s got medical coverage from his employer.