SAY WHAT YOU like about Javier Mascherano, but the Argentina midfielder is rarely a man to feign injury.
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The Barcelona midfielder clashed heads in an aerial challenge in the first half of tonight’s World Cup semi-final. https://vine.co/v/MPUhzvHuagT
But despite tumbling to the ground soon after contact, he was free to play after brief treatment.
The issue of concussion awareness has been raised already in this World Cup after Uruguay’s Alvaro Pereira took a knee to the head in the group stage win over England. Despite looking unable to maintain his balance, Pereira was soon back in the fray making tackles.
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Should Javier Mascherano be free to play on after reacting to a head injury like this?
SAY WHAT YOU like about Javier Mascherano, but the Argentina midfielder is rarely a man to feign injury.
The Barcelona midfielder clashed heads in an aerial challenge in the first half of tonight’s World Cup semi-final.
https://vine.co/v/MPUhzvHuagT
But despite tumbling to the ground soon after contact, he was free to play after brief treatment.
The issue of concussion awareness has been raised already in this World Cup after Uruguay’s Alvaro Pereira took a knee to the head in the group stage win over England. Despite looking unable to maintain his balance, Pereira was soon back in the fray making tackles.
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