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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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Rodrigo Bentancur's condition doesn't seem to be a big problem.
Tottenham drew 1-1 against Leicester City in the first round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 season at 4 a.m. on the 20th (Korea time). Tottenham disappointed their fans with a disappointing performance against promoted Leicester.
Aside from performance, Tottenham could have been in big trouble. In this match, Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou deployed Papemata Sarr and Bentancur as a combination of midfielders. This is because Yves Bissouma was disciplined himself for committing illegal acts of inhaling laughter gas after the last pre-season game against Bayern Munich.
Bentancourt had an accident while putting on an easy game. In the 26th minute of the second half, when James Maddison scored a corner, Bentancourt jumped up for the contest. Bentancur lost consciousness in the air at this time when he collided with Avdul Patau.
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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Bentancur, who lost consciousness, fell to the ground while lying down unable to protect his head. Bentancur, who crashed under the shock, was motionless. As a result, Tottenham teammates found out and checked Bentancur's condition. The referee also witnessed this and immediately stopped the game. Tottenham medical staff were quickly deployed.
After checking Bentancur's condition, Patau blamed himself very much. Captain Son Heung-min and former Tottenham teammate Harry Winks continued to stand by and worried about Bentancourt. It was such a serious situation that it took a long time to act on Bentancourt's condition. The medical staff even put an oxygen respirator on Bentancur. Bentancur suffered such a great shock that he even bled his forehead.
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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Fortunately Bentancur regained consciousness in four minutes. Son Heung-min and Christian Romero kept talking to each other to make sure Bentancourt was okay. Even at a glance, he was not in a state where he could run again. Eventually Bentancourt was stretchered off the field. All the spectators at King Power Stadium wished Bentancur all right. Bentancourt was immediately replaced by Archie Gray.
Fortunately, Bentancourt's symptoms do not appear to be serious. Postecoglou told a press conference after the game that "I don't have a lot of information but I know Bentancur is awake and communicating. From that point of view, it's fine. But obviously I have a head injury, so I'll leave it in the hands of the medical team now. The important thing is that he is certainly conscious and able to communicate. Whenever I see a player collapse due to a head injury, I always seem to be careful in that moment these days. I don't know the situation at the time, but I know that I was shocked by my head."
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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| Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, who had been knocked down by a concussion, fortunately regained consciousness. |
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Even if Bentancur feels that there is no big problem on his own, he must first proceed with the concussion protocol prescribed by the EPL in order to play the second round of the next league. This is to prepare for any possible mishaps by first identifying the player's condition through the protocol.
Tottenham, meanwhile, showed a disappointing performance against promoted Leicester. Dominic Solanke, Tottenham's highest transfer fee ever, played, but performed below expectations. Son Heung-min also started as a left wing, but he looked a little heavy.
Tottenham scored the first goal in the 29th minute of the first half when Pedro Porro finished Madison's cross with his head. In the 12th minute of the second half, Jamie Vardy lost a point and the game was at square one. Tottenham had to settle for one point in the second half as they exposed their disappointing performance.
English Football London gave Son a low rating of five points, which was harsh. 'It gave Solanke a good cross at the beginning. There were moments of brilliance, but it wasn't enough. He pointed out that as the game progressed, there was no presence.
After the game, Son Heung-min met Sports Chosun and "In fact, if we created so many chances from the first half, it would have been nice to make it a little easier for the team to win." We drew the winning game because it was too short," he said, expressing regret.
"Obviously, good teams and strong teams don't often give up a tie like this in a winning game. I think these are the areas that we need to develop. As you showed a lot of good performances at the stadium today, if we continue to do these things, I'm sure there will be good results for our game"He continued to show faith in the team.
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