Taiwo Freightstriker of Nottingham Forest, has left the induced coma in which he was admitted last Monday as a consequence of a serious abdominal injury suffered during the match against Leicester City. The Nigerian attacker hit the post and had to undergo two surgical operations to repair an intestinal breakage.
The play in which Awoniyi was injured It has generated a strong controversy in England. The striker launched himself in search of the goal in an action that, according to his partner Ola Aina, “It was an offside per kilometers”. However, the flag did not get up, and the play was not arrested until its completion, as required by the VAR protocol. It was at that moment when The striker hit the stickan action that initially went unnoticed by its gravity.
Despite the strong blow, Awoniyi continued on the pitch In the last minutes of the meeting. The club justified the decision not to replace it (Forest had already exhausted all its changes) as a communication problem between the bench and the medical body. This disagreement caused an unusual moment: Evangelos Marinakisowner of the club, broke into the grass at the end of the game and maintained a tense discussion with the coach Nuno Espírito Santo.
The entity wanted to explain the attitude of its owner through an official statement: “His reaction was that of a person who cares and is responsible for one of his. He was instinctive, human and a reflection of how much this team means to him”.
Nottingham Forest has confirmed that Awoniyi “is recovering well” After the emergency operation. “The severity of the injury is a powerful memory of the physical risks of this sport and why the health of a player and his well -being must always be the priority,” the club concluded.
