Na Stamford Bridgu sta z glavama trčila branilec Chelseaja Gary Cahill in vezist Hulla Ryan Mason, slednji pa jo je grdo skupil. Z zelenice so ga odnesli na nosilih, na obrazu pa je imel kisikovo masko. Hitro so ga prepreljali v bolnišnico, kjer so ga morali nujno operirati
Cahill je kasneje celo zabil drugi zadetek za Londončane, Mason pa se po poročanju številnih angleških medijev bori za življenje v bolnišnici St. Mary's. Ima zlomljeno lobanjo in možgansko krvavitev.
"Menim, da bo ostal v bolnišnici. Upam, da ni nič posebnega, nič resnega, a bomo videli. Ne vem, če je pri zavesti. Doktor mi je dejal, da je v bolnišnici, zdaj čakamo na novice," je takoj po tekmi dejal trener tigrov Marco Silva, ki še ni vedel, da gre za tako resno poškodbo.
Petindvajsetletni Mason je v tej sezoni odigral 20 tekem za Hull, dosegel je dva zadetka.
Ryan Mason fights for life after suffering fractured skull and bleeding on brain in sickening collisionhttps://t.co/StWi5VBLwu pic.twitter.com/xV2Kce9MK1
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) January 22, 2017
No, no, no, no, no. Please don't let it be true. No player deserves to be fighting for his life playing the game we love. GWS Ryan Mason.
— Jordan (@FourFourJordan) January 22, 2017
Reports that Ryan Mason has suffered a cranial fracture and bleeding on the brain. Our thoughts are with him!
— Premier League (@Premierfanpage) January 22, 2017
Ryan Mason's situation puts everything into perspective. Hope he recovers. Football is just a game at the end of the day.
— - (@AnfieldRd96) January 22, 2017
