Chapter 191 Injury (Part 1)

Albertini was injured.

With less than a week left before the start of the first leg of the Champions League qualifier, he was strained in his left thigh muscle during training.

There was no fierce collision at that time, not in the training competition, but just an ordinary sprint and back run. Whether it was finished or not, the mood was very relaxed. This was just a warm-up before the start of the training.

At that time, Donn was discussing with Chris Lak how to make some tactical changes to Villarreal and to keep the team's attention in daily training.

It was Albertini and George on the court; Wood ran back in groups. In the first sprint, Wood raised his head and rushed forward. He was always like this, and he usually worked as hard as he was in formal competitions.

Albertini didn't have to fight as hard as that silly boy. He should have maintained his rhythm and speed, and then was easily thrown away by George, who was ahead of the dust.

But today's situation is different. Albertini tried to bite Wood from the beginning. Wood ran desperately without knowing it, and Albertini also gritted his teeth behind him.

But comparing speed with young Wood is too difficult for Demi, who is already thirty-three years old.

When he turned back for the first time, Wood turned around and rushed back smoothly. After Albertini turned around, his speed suddenly dropped. Then he changed from running and walked, and after two steps, he simply stood still.

The first thing I found out was Fleming, a team doctor who had been guarding the training ground. He saw Albertini stop and ran up.

Then, Chris Lack was attracted by Fleming's movements. He interrupted Don't's conversation and turned to look at the training ground. Don't follow his gaze, and what he saw was the moment Albertini sat on the ground.

The other players obviously noticed the abnormality of the captain's position. They didn't care about training and ran over to surround Albertini.

George; Wood rushed to the finish line in one breath, and then found that there was no one around him. He turned his head strangely, and saw the crowd behind him, and still didn't understand what was going on.

He saw team doctor Fleming pushing the crowd and rushing in. Before his teammates could close, Chris Lack rushed in. Then, Tang En was blocked outside.

Fleming rushed in and briefly checked it. Chris Lack kept asking "How is the situation?" Fleming did not answer him, but stood up and called the stretcher. Hearing this, Chris Lack shut up.

The injury was a bit serious when he was carried out from the training ground by a stretcher.

Hearing Fleming shouting for a stretcher, Donn pulled away Weiss, Morgan, Frank, and Ribery, who were blocking him, and squeezed in.

"Dmi?"

Albertini saw Donn appear in front of him. Suddenly he woke up. He then realized that he was surrounded by teammates, coaches and team doctors. He saw two other people running up the stretcher through the gaps in the crowd.

He suddenly waved his hand and struggled to sit up: "No, no." He is now the team captain. During training, he was carried down on a stretcher in front of all his teammates... Can't I leave? No.

"George!" Tang En suddenly shouted, "Come here to help Demi to the sidelines!"

Wood ran up quickly, separated the crowd, and obediently helped captain Albertini up. Then he helped him move to the sidelines step by step.

Watching the two of them walk to the sidelines with team doctor Fleming, Tang En turned around and waved: "Continue training, nothing is good to watch."

Then he turned around and walked towards Albertini. Chris Lak understood it and blew his whistle: "Concentrate!"

Donn walked to Albertini, looked at Wood who was still standing by, smiled, and patted him on the shoulder: "Go back to training, it has nothing to do with you."

Wait until Wood is gone. Donn squatted down and comforted Albertini: "Don't worry, you'll be fine, Demi."

Albertini nodded: "It's just that I can't catch up with the qualifying round."

Tang En waved his hand: "It's not a problem, it's just a qualifying match. Just wait to come back and participate in the main competition!"

Fleming said to the two people who were carrying the stretcher just now: "Please help Demi to the infirmary."

The two of them stepped forward and helped Albertini up and slowly walked out of the training ground.

Fleming did not follow them, but stayed behind.

"How is it, Gary?"

Fleming shook his head: "I don't know. The specific injury needs to be found out after a detailed examination. But based on my experience... it's not great. He suddenly stopped when he turned around and started again. I guess it was a muscle strain.

This kind of injury is very troublesome... Even if he recovers in a short time, he will not recover. Instead, he will repeatedly strain more frequently. Demi is older, so this aspect is even more obvious."

Tang En frowned and bit his lip.

It's the Champions League soon. As one of the few players in the team who have rich experience in the Champions League and are also the captain, Albertini was injured at this time, which has a great impact on the team...

Seeing that Don Eun stopped talking, Fleming turned around and said goodbye. He was busy doing a check on Albertini to determine the injury and the severity.

Donn looked at Fleming's back and turned his head to see the players who continued to train on the court. Several of them were obviously absent-minded, probably still worried about Albertini's injury. He looked up at the clear sky and wanted to scold her.

Why did he be so unlucky in 2005? Good luck is over? Injuries and bad luck are about to start to get entangled with his team?

What is the most feared thing for a professional team? It is not a strong opponent, nor a harsh environment, nor is it even a bad referee or a mastermind behind the scenes. What they fear most is injuries.

No matter how powerful or invincible it is, even if it establishes a great cause that is unprecedented and unparalleled, such a team may be dragged down by injuries overnight.

Tang En no longer wants to recall the teams and players who were once dragged down by injuries in his mind. He feels that even if he just thinks about the lessons from the past, it will be ominous.

Looking at the uncertain light in the players' eyes, Tang En calmed down and stood on the sidelines again. He did not turn around or look around anymore. He stood on the sidelines to supervise training as usual.

It seemed as if nothing had happened here a few minutes ago.

A day later, the examination results came out, and Donn was the first to get the result, even before Albertini himself. This is a tradition in English football. Players understand their injuries. After the team's head coach, any doctor who crossed the head coach and told the player his injury directly would be fired by the club and would almost never be hired by other clubs.

Albertini's left thigh muscle strain is expected to recover for one month and healing time is unknown.

"There is basically no possibility of healing, his age is there." Fleming told Donn, "A month later, he looked like he was not injured, but we don't know when he will be injured again, in the same part.

Moreover, this is not the first time he has been injured. In his career, this place has been an old injury. To be honest, this is incurable.

We can do it just to try to get him to recover in advance, and then pay attention to maintenance in daily life, and massage for half an hour after training every day, so that we can…”

Don Eun interrupted him: "Don't recover early, I can wait for the safety. I don't want us to hurry and get him back to the court, and then play two games and get hurt again.

We don’t need Albertini to play two games in a month and then take another month.

"Then the team plays..."

"This is something I'm worried about, Gary. Just let Demi recover, don't tell him the specific recovery time, just tell him that he will get better as soon as possible."

Fleming was silent for a while, then nodded. “I understand.”

After saying goodbye to Donn, Fleming returned to his office, Donnn was right.

He doesn't need to worry about what will happen if the team is missing Albertini. What he needs to worry about is also a headache for him - how to make Albertini recover from his injuries and how to make Albertini's injury recover smoothly.

He is the leader of the medical team of the Forest Team, and he has no choice but to do these things.

But he didn't believe that he could hide it from Albertini. Demi is not a young man who has just entered the professional football world. Some things can be understood by just looking at them.

But... he also knew that Tang En had a kind heart, so he could only do his best.

Fleming is having a headache about how to deal with Albertini, and Donn is also having a headache about Albertini's injury.

As soon as Fleming walked out of the office and brought the door, he cursed and sweared.

Thirty-three! Mattus can play until he is forty, and Zidane retires at the age of thirty-four... You are not old yet, Demi!
Chapter completed!