Chapter 225 Anterior Cruciate Ligament
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi said to Selcan, who was driving: "Please take me to Dortmund State Hospital directly, Mr. Selcan."
"Okay." Selkan didn't say much. He had heard the conversation between Zhou Yi and his friends, and of course he knew what was going on.
Mark Wagner's sudden injury is important news today, and he has long heard about the relationship between Zhou Yi and Mark from Shultze.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi used his mobile phone to search for news of Mark's injury.
He didn't take much effort. As soon as he opened the official website of "Kicker", he saw a photo of Mark being carried onto a stretcher.
He covered his face with both hands, but he could not hide his pain and disappointment.
Zhou Yi is very familiar with this scene. A player will only show such emotions when seriously injured.
Zhou Yi felt that the situation was not good.
He continued to read down, and the text recorded in detail how Mark was injured.
"... In the 62nd minute of the game, Wagner lost balance and fell to the ground while heading the ball in the penalty area. After Azerbaijani defender Melikov, who also lost balance, landed, the weight of his entire body hit Wagner, and the part that bears this weight is his right leg knee... From the slow motion of the game broadcast, we can see that because Mark Wagner's body posture had not been adjusted yet, so when Melikov fell on Wagner's knee injury, his knee joint was obviously twisted and deformed..."
"Then, Wagner fell to the ground and could not stand up. After the German team doctor came on the court for examination, he was lifted out of the field by the unit price and was directly sent to an ambulance and drove off the court... After the game, the German team coach Loew expressed his concern about Wagner's injury, but there is no further injury report at present, so everyone does not know how Mark Wagner's injury is..."
Zhou Yi looked at his watch and it was 11:30 p.m. on September 7th.
The match between Germany and Azerbaijan started at 8:45 pm. It has just ended not long ago, so it is normal for the media to have no further injury reports.
But looking at the media description, Zhou Yi was full of bad thoughts.
Thinking of this, he reopened his mobile browser and then entered the keyword "knee injury" into the search engine...
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When the car arrived at the state hospital, Zhou Yi jumped out of the car and saw Shultze waiting for him at the door.
"How is the situation?" he asked after seeing Shultze.
"Not very good..." Shultze whispered with a tired look on his face. "The doctor said it was a torn cruciate ligament in his knee..."
Hearing this word, Zhou Yi widened his eyes: "How could this happen?"
But he didn't stop. The two of them walked inside while talking, and even forgot to take the suitcase he placed in the trunk of the car.
Serkan shook his head as he looked at the backs of the two of them leaving in a hurry. He didn't say a word to remind Zhou Yi. He knew that Zhou Yi must not care about it now. He would help keep this box for the time being...
"Mark's luck is so bad. When he was hit by the other party, his knee joint was obviously twisted and deformed..." Shultze sighed.
If you are not hit, or if the opponent's focus point is other parts, at most it will hurt and it won't be a big deal. Get up and pat your butt and continue the competition.
But, the big guy who was 1.9 meters tall and weighed more than 85 kilograms was his knees...
"How is Mark now?" Zhou Yi asked again.
"In the ward, we have rejected the request for visits from the news media, so we have to go here..." As he said that, Shurze led Zhou Yi around for a while and walked towards another elevator.
It was also the game that happened to be played at the West**** Stadium, Dortmund's home court, so Mark was only sent to the local hospital in Dortmund after being injured.
Otherwise, Zhou Yi would have to fly to Berlin or Munich.
"Where is Mark's emotions?" Zhou Yi is more concerned about this now.
"Not high..." Schultzer said honestly.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi stopped talking, and a silence fell into the elevator. There was no other sound except for the low-frequency buzzing of the air conditioner.
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When Zhou Yi and Shulce came out of the elevator, they saw Cortana sitting outside the ward at a glance.
She sat there in a daze. She knew that Zhou Yi and Shurce had walked up to her. She realized that someone was in front of her. She looked up and looked at her, and then was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"
"Can't I come?" Zhou Yi looked at the ward, but he saw nothing because the blinds were closed.
Instead of pushing the door open, he sat down next to Cortana, while Shultze sat consciously on the other end of the bench.
"Mark is my good friend."
"You are not in the national team..."
"I've finished kicking, I've just come back... Huh, where is my suitcase?" Zhou Yi realized at this time that he didn't take the box at all.
He turned his head and looked at Shultze.
Shulce spread his hands: "You must have forgotten to get in Otaka's car, I'll call him and ask..."
As he said that, he took out his cell phone and walked towards the stairwell.
Only Zhou Yi and Cortana were left in the corridor.
"You came directly from the airport?" Cortana asked.
"Yeah." Zhou Yi nodded. He found that Cortana was not in high mood. This was understandable. His younger brother was seriously injured. Who could be in high mood? His own emotions were not very good either.
"How is Mark's situation?" Although he asked Shultze, Zhou Yi still had to ask Cortana.
"The cruciate ligament ruptured right knee."
"Broken?" Zhou Yi was surprised when he heard this. Shultze told him it was a tear, but Cortana told him it was a break. He still remembered that when his muscle was strained, the things that Cortana gave him were science, breaking was more serious than tear...
"They conducted a drawer test on him and determined that it was a ligament problem. There were four ligaments on his knees, and he broke one - the anterior cruciate ligament." Cortana said calmly, as if he was a professional doctor, who had seen life and death. But when she looked at her eyes, she seemed to have lost the body of her soul, her eyes were empty and dull, and she had no focus.
"Damn..." Zhou Yi could only say one sentence, of course he said it in German.
Even if you are not a professional player, as an ordinary fan, you can clearly know what the concept of cruciate ligament rupture is. This is the biggest injury in professional football because it has so many superstars.
From Baggio to Piero, from Ronaldo to Van Nistruei.
In Germany, the most famous example of cruciate ligament injury is Deisler. This German football genius suffered the same injury as Mark today, with a completely ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. He underwent six ACL surgery in six years, which eventually led to his early retirement.
So Zhou Yi knew how terrible this injury was for Mark.
"Where is the surgery?" he asked.
"The surgery should be done tomorrow," Cortana said.
Generally, if the cruciate ligament is broken, surgery must be performed immediately and cannot be delayed. Because you are worried that the broken ligament will be absorbed by tissue fluid, you may have to transplant the artificial ligament. For ordinary people, it may not have any impact, but for professional athletes, it has a huge impact.
"How is Mark's spirit...?"
"You go and see it yourself..." Cortana was tired of such questions and answers, stood up and walked towards the stairwell.
Zhou Yi turned his head and looked at her back, and suddenly felt that her back seemed helpless in the empty hospital corridor.
"Cotana." Zhou Yi couldn't help calling.
Cortana stopped, but did not look back.
"No matter what, don't lose hope, you are his sister." Zhou Yi said.
Cortana did not respond to him, but continued to move forward.
Zhou Yi knocked on the door of the ward.
"Please come in." A low and hoarse voice sounded inside, which was Old Wagner.
Zhou Yi pushed the door open and saw Mark lying on the hospital bed and Wagners sitting in front of the window.
Old Wagner looked back at Zhou Yi, surprised - he thought that the knocking door was either Cortana, Mark's agent Shultze, or doctor and nurse. Unexpectedly... it was Zhou Yi!
He stood up from his seat in surprise, staring at him with wide eyes, unable to make a sound.
Mrs. Wagner was sobbing because she was too sad that she was lowering her head and sobbing, so she didn't see Zhou Yi.
Mark lay on the bed, keeping his head turning to look out the window, motionless, as if he was a dead person.
"Hi, Mark." Zhou Yi, who walked to the bed, called softly.
He clearly saw Mark's body on the bed trembled slightly when he made a sound.
Mrs. Wagner, who was sobbing, raised her head in surprise, with tears on her face.
"What a embarrassing you..." Zhou Yi looked at Mark and smiled.
Chapter completed!