Injuries are a nightmare for all athletes, and in the world of football. Even in the new century when sports medicine is becoming more and more prosperous, football still has a glassman player who is frequently injured during the rising or peak period. The more talented they showed on the pitch, the more the fans regretted the treatment of this group of vulnerable men.
In this article, the author will take stock of the ten most representative glassman players in post-new century football for your reference. Of course, due to the limitations of space, if there are other missing representative candidates, I hope that you will leave a message in the comment area to supplement.
X. Giuseppe Rossi
Speaking of talented players destroyed by injuries, how can we skip the young Italian golden boy Rossi? Debuting in the Parma academy, training at the Red Devils as an adult, and then ushering in his own highlight moments in Villarreal in La Liga and Fiorentina in Serie A, this is the earliest trajectory of Rossi's entry into everyone's vision.
Although the confrontation and physique are not dominant, Rossi's talent is compelling, and often only needs to make a few kicks under the two-person bag to get rid of the defender's tracking, followed by a freehand signature hanging shot to break the goal. At a young age, Lucy had a super-sharp sense of smell and a calm ability to handle goals. Unfortunately, in addition to his talent, the injury also found him early.
At the age of twenty-four, Roy suffered a severe injury from a torn cruciate ligament. After losing speed, Rossi can still play well on the court with his own skills. Only after the first major injury, Rossi was reduced to a glass constitution, with small injuries around the knee, and after accumulating, he continued to trigger serious injuries. Before the age of thirty, Giuseppe Rossi suffered three severe injuries to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Currently, Rossi, 33, is playing for Royal Salt Lake City in major leagues. To be honest, dragging the fragile can stick to the career path until now, Rosie has been quite difficult.
IX. Osman Dembele
When it comes to the new generation of glass people's active player representatives, presumably the 23-year-old Barca striker Dembele has a lot to say. Back in the summer of 2017, Barca are looking for a Neymar successor. After a selection, they bought Demon Strike Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for a sky-high transfer fee of €105 million plus a floating fee of €42 million.
Unexpectedly, after coming to Camp Nou, Osman Dembele was highlighted for a while and then became a long-term wounded soldier with high-frequency muscle strains. Three years later, Dembele has played more than fifty games for Barca, with an attendance rate of less than 40%. In addition to his poor physical condition, Dembele's professional attitude at Barcelona has also been criticized. Late training, late language clearance, video game addiction, and estrangement from his teammates, Dembele's negative news at Barca is almost uninterrupted. There is no doubt that Barca's purchase of Dembele was a very low-cost giant reinforcement in recent years, and Barca's already tight financial situation was exacerbated.
VIII. Gareth Bell
As they age, stars who take the route of explosive and speed flow are often unable to escape the front line of high-frequency injuries, even the miraculous Saint Bell is not spared. Back in 2013, Bale joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur and formed the popular BBC attacking trident with Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the first half of the franchise, Bale's performance was outstanding and he was loved by Bernabeu fans. However, after the mid-term, Bell could not guarantee attendance, and often kicked for a period of time and had to enter the factory for a period of repair. After Zidane's entry into the team, Bale's position in the team declined sharply, positioning itself between the regular rotation between the main force and the substitutes. In a total of seven seasons of real madrid career, Bale missed about two and a half seasons. Although Zidane's snub of him is indeed easy to make the players themselves angry, but think about it, if Zidane does not adjust Bale's positioning, the latter may have entered a more undesirable state in terms of physical maintenance.
VII. Neymar
From the best movie emperor who invented "Neymar Roll" and was ridiculed by the crowd, to the sympathetic glass man on the field, in the past days, the wind criticism about Neymar is quietly changing. After moving to Paris, Neymar could not guarantee attendance, in large part because of various violent fouls on the field.
Leaving aside factors such as innate physique, muscular endurance, and recovery and training off the field after the game, when a player leads the number of violations on the field for a long time, it is really difficult for him to avoid injuries and injuries. Looking at the history of football, there have been football wizards such as Cruyff, Da Luo and Van Basten who have become glass men because of targeted malicious fouls. From the current situation, Neymar has a good chance to follow in this unfortunate footsteps, even if he is already good at using his acting skills on the field to try to put pressure on the referee.
Michael Owen
Having won the Premier League Golden Boot & Player of the Season at the age of 19, defending the Premier League Golden Boot at the age of 20, and winning the Ballon d'Or at the age of 22, Irving reached heights that many excellent strikers could not reach in his lifetime.
Unfortunately, the peak of the wind-chasing teenager stayed before the age of 23, and the development after the new century began to be worse than a year. Poor transfer options are one factor, but more importantly injuries. Owen's Achilles tendon, ligament, and metatarsal bone were very fragile and had undergone major repairs long ago.
If you're a veteran Irving fan, you won't forget his departure from the 2006 Fifa World Cup against Sweden. In order not to delay the rhythm of the team's attack, Irving climbed out of the arena alone with a torn ligament. After the event, Owen traveled to the United States for a reconstructive surgery that required the use of knee ligament tissue donated by the deceased. Since then, Irving has completely fallen out of the mainstream shooter ranks. If it weren't for the damn injury, how could the top entry about [Irving] on search engines now be an athlete in basketball?
V. Thomas Vermalen
During his Arsenal era, Vermalen was one of the Premier League's finest defenders. In addition to his handsome appearance and solid defense, his performance with knives on the offensive end is also quite impressive. Unfortunately, in the later stages of Arsenal's performance, Vermalen has begun to show traces of the glassman, minor injuries, and the state of playing is far worse than before, often arranged by Wenger on the bench as a sideline.
Back in the summer of 2014, Barca took Vermalen with a transfer fee price of 18.8 million euros. Since joining Barca, Vermalen has been plagued by injuries and has not even had many opportunities to participate in training matches. However, after only one season of joining, Vermalen won three titles with the team: La Liga, copa del Rey and Champions League. Prior to that, Vermalen had won the FA Cup only once.
In his five seasons with Barca, Vermalen made a total of 34 appearances, positioning himself as the fourth centre-back in the team. Counting a season on loan at Roma, Vermalen has made just 43 appearances in five years, with a record of multiple injuries in multiple positions such as muscles, hips, ankles, back thighs, knees and so on. Because of his fragile body and the fact that he won the championship at Barca, many fans joked that Vermalen was the high priest of Barca, absorbing the team's injury tide with one person.
IV. Vincent Kompany
Probably the Belgian backline is cursed, and in addition to Vermaulen, their other centre-back, Kompany, is also a representative of the Glassman. In his career, Kompany has been selected for the best team in the Premier League PFA three times, and has won the premier league season best as a foreign defender.
Unfortunately, in the years when Guardiola joined the Blue Moon, Conpa, who was once regarded as the perfect center-back template, suffered from injuries in the calf position and could not be healed, thus gradually losing the position he established in the team. Due to Kompany's long absence, Guardiola began to restructure the Manchester City defence early on. After dating Kompany in 2019, Manchester City did not choose to keep this one of the founders, and fans are also sorry for the team's decision.
In fact, Kompany, who has a career record of more than thirty injuries, also realized early on that he should adjust his direction. Seizing the days of injury, Kompany took a Master of International Business Administration course at Manchester Business School and obtained a coaching certificate. Working next to Guardiola, presumably the clever Kompany also benefited a lot. After leaving Manchester City, Kompany joined Belgian side Anderlecht as a player plus manager.
III. Alger Robben
Nicknames such as "Peter Pan" and "Old Man" are quite popular in football circles, but in fact, Dutch winger Robben also enjoys some very interesting nicknames, such as "Kensezo III". The implication is that healthy Robben is the third person in the world after Merrow. Obviously, this word not only expresses the fans' affirmation of Robben's strength, but also expresses everyone's regret that the injury has affected Robben's historical status and height on the field.
As a well-known representative of the Glassman players, Robben's playing style is very draining on the body, and he has been subjected to the all-round erosion of injuries, forcing him to stop injuries including but not limited to thighs, back, abdomen, knees, ankles, etc. According to statistics, in the seven seasons he played for Bayern, Robben's highest season played 58%, and four seasons played below 40%.
As a teammate of Robben, Thomas Mueller is known in football for his ability to capture fighters and his excellence as a wingman. During his years with Robben, Thomas Mueller had an attendance rate of over 80 percent every season. Not to mention 80%, if Robben had an average attendance rate of 60% during his Bayern years, I am afraid that his historical status would have improved a lot.
Second, Marko Reuss
Marco Reuss, nicknamed "Little Rocket". To be honest, looking back at the history of football, players whose nicknames and speed are mostly injured in their careers, such as Irving, Robben and so on mentioned in the article. Unless you have a body like Eto'o the Cheetah, it's really hard to be fast and uninjured.
Speaking of the protagonist, Reuss is a well-known tragic hero in football. Roy, Rose, Reus, as a football player, Can actually dream of linking with two glass players in the NBA, which is enough to prove that Reus's injury is frequent and can go out of the circle.
In total, Reus has suffered more than forty injuries since his debut. Because injuries always come before the national team competition, Reus missed many opportunities to play in the national team, and even missed the Hercules Cup. In addition to loyalty and humility, and excellent ball skills, the most moving qualities in Reuss are tenacity. In the case of extremely frequent injuries, Royce can always return to the field as quickly as possible, get back to form, and destroy the city for the Hornets, which is respectable.
Abu Diaby
When he first landed at Arsenal, then-manager Wenger began to train Diaby as the next generation of Vieira. In the case of health conditions to be able to play, Diaby did show a very high talent, as a back of the ball ability and ability to get rid of the ball is extremely outstanding, step strong, dribbling style is even more pleasing to the eye. It is for this reason that Wenger has been reluctant to clean up this beloved disciple. Even if the latter has a very low attendance rate and often lies in bed, Wenger will send a renewal at the full moment to continue to raise Diaby, after all, the latter can play is equivalent to a heavy reinforcement.
If the latter can't play, then you have to console yourself, when the existence of Diaby can just cultivate team doctors for the team. In the nine years between 2006 and 2015, Diaby played only 125 games for the team, with an attendance rate of about 35 percent and a cumulative 1,937 days of injury absences. According to statistical records, Diaby has accumulated more than 40 injuries in his career, making him the king of the glass men in football. Diaby's injuries covered the whole body, and the most frequent encounters were frequent strains of muscles and hamstrings.
In the last four seasons of his Arsenal career, Diaby made just 22 appearances. After the 2015 contract ended, Wenger decided to abandon Diaby, who instead joined Marseille. After returning to France, Diaby simply changed his hospital bed, making a total of five appearances in his two years at Marseille before retiring.