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What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

author:Sports Bai Xiao Weng

Mention the name Pokonioli, I believe many fans are confused, because Belgian player Sebastian Poconioli basically did not have any particularly brilliant performances in his career. But if you talk about the scene when Chinese player Tan Wangsong kicked people in the 2008 Olympic football match, you may immediately recall it. That's right, the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong was Pokonioli. So what kind of development did Poconioli develop after he was "seriously injured" by Tan Wangsong in 2008?

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

At that time, after Tan Wangsong's earth-shattering kick, there were many rumors that poconioli's important organ was damaged, and even some people said that his football career was directly ended. But Poconioli hasn't suffered that blow, he's been playing since the Olympics, and now at the age of 33 he's still continuing his career.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

Poconioli currently plays for a belgian team in the secondary league, and in the 2018-19 season, he also played for belgian giants Standard Liege, so Poconioli still has a certain level.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

Poconioli played for Dutch side Alkmaar at the Olympic Games that year, and as a defender he moved from Genk to the team for 2.8 million euros in 2007. In fact, after being kicked in the Olympic games, Poconioli was basically not affected by too many injuries. The news that he cannot have children is actually pure nonsense, this is just a prank by domestic netizens.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

In the Dutch League, Pokonioli maintained a record of about 25 appearances per year. Poconioli was signed to Standard Liège for 3 years in 2010 for €2 million, and in 2011-12 he made 51 appearances in a single season, all starting, and played in the Champions League and Europa League that year.

Poconioli went a step further in 2013 when he joined Bundesliga side Hannover 96, where the transfer fee was still €2 million, and he made 33 appearances for Hannover in two seasons. A year later, Poconioli came to West Brom in the Premier League for a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros, and he made 21 appearances in the Premier League in two years, most of which was a main player. Poconioli then played another season in the Championship before returning to the Belgian league to play to this day.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

At the national team level, Poconioli is often selected for the Belgian national team. He has played with the team in a number of European Championship qualifiers and in 2016 he also had a national team appearance.

Throughout Poconiogli's career so far, although he has not had a particularly high performance and the teams he plays for are not all strong teams, his development has been stronger than most players.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

In turn, look at the "abuser" Tan Wangsong at that time, his entire career was spent in China. Although Tan Wangsong can still play in the Chinese Super League today, his national team career has ended since 2008, and the lack of strength is on the one hand, on the other hand, Tan Wangsong's foul made the Chinese men's football team famous in the world, and the negative impact is too great. Moreover, Tan Wangsong also had several horrific malicious fouls in subsequent domestic competitions, such as he once flew off the ground to shovel Beijing Guoan goalkeeper Yang Zhi to cause a conflict, and won the name of "Chinese Super League Villain".

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

In fact, in that year's Olympic Games, the Chinese team was not only Tan Wangsong alone "out of shape", Zheng Zhi was also directly sent off by a red card for elbowing his opponent, resulting in the national Olympic team finally having to play 9 to 11. The player Zheng Zhi elbowed at the time was Vertonghen, a good player trained by Ajax's youth and playing for his parent team during the Beijing Olympics.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

In 2012, Vertonghen joined Thera league for a transfer fee of 12.5 million euros, where he spent a total of eight years, becoming a well-known defensive slur in the Premier League. For many years, Vertonghen has also been the main defender of the Belgian national team, and has participated in major competitions such as the European Cup and the World Cup with the team. He also made eight appearances in European Cup qualifiers last year, all of which played 90 minutes.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

In fact, the Belgian team at the 08 Olympic Games was star-studded, although they were not very famous at the time, but most of the players became important players of the Belgian golden generation after that, such as Kompany, Vermalen, Fellaini, Vertonghen, Dembele and so on. Among them, Fellaini and Dembele are still playing in the Chinese Super League, and it can be said that their fate with China is still very deep.

What happened to the player who was kicked by Tan Wangsong in 2008? Not seriously injured! The 33-year-old is still playing

So do you still have an impression of the performance of the national Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games?

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