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Samuel Asamoah faces a high risk of paralysis after fracturing his neck and sustaining nerve damage during a match, with his club confirming surgery and stable condition.
- Samuel Asamoah, a Togolese international footballer, broke his neck after colliding with an LED advertising board during a match in China, resulting in fears of paralysis.
- The club confirmed that Asamoah sustained fractures in his neck and nerve damage, undergoing surgery subsequently and is now in a stable condition.
- Asamoah's injury occurred when he collided head-first with the advertising panel while jostling for the ball, and he is at risk of high-level paraplegia.
- Guangxi Pingguo FC thanked fans for their support and announced that updates on Asamoah's recovery progress will be provided after follow-up examinations.
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Togo international Asamoah in paralysis fear after China football match collision
Togo international footballer Samuel Asamoah could be left paralysed after he collided with an advertising board and broke his neck during a match in the second tier of Chinese football, his club has said. Video footage showed Asamoah, who plays for Guangxi Pingguo in China League One, being barged into from behind by Chongqing Tonglianglong’s Zhang Zhixiong during Sunday’s match. The push, for which Zhang received a yellow card, forced Asamoah …
The footballer, launched in the race, violently banged his head on the barriers, bringing back fractures to the neck and nerve damage
In the impact the midfielder of the Guangxi Pingguo (second Chinese division) reported multiple fractures in the neck and nerve damage
The footballer Samuel Asamoah suffered a serious cervical injury during a second division Chinese championship match, after impacting his head against a billboard located a few meters from the sideline.The incident set off alarms at his club, Guangxi Pingguo, which warned about possible irreversible consequences.The accident occurred the previous Sunday. Asamoah tried to protect the ball to let it go out of the band when a Chongqing player Tongl…
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