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Your knee is the one part of you that you really don’t want to injure playing football. It’s held together by four
different types of ligament, none of which takes kindly to being wrenched or overstretched. The injury usually occurs when a footballer turns too quickly, causing the ligaments to rupture or tear. Either way, you won’t be walking off the pitch – swelling is almost instant and you’re unlikely to getup again without the aid of crutches. The overexcitable members of our profession seem particularly prone to such injuries. Paul Gascoigne badly ruptured his cruciate ligaments in the 1991
FA Cup Final when, out of sheer enthusiasm, he booted an opponent.
And Brazilian forward Ronaldo missed much of his last season with the same injury – except for seven minutes
of the Italian Cup Final when, in an effort to regain the limelight, he made a
premature comeback for Inter-Milan. He went on a twisty run, tore his ligaments again and was carried off in agony on a stretcher.
In the case of both players, an extended layoff period involved time on
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