Didier Drogba got seriously injured yesterday during Ivory Coast’s friendly game against Japan, and could miss the entire World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Drogba injured his right side in the 16th minute of the game, and was immediately rushed to the hospital were doctors confirmed that the 32 year old player has a broken arm.
“I will most likely miss the World Cup,” said Drogba after his unlucky injury. Marcus Tulio Tanaka was the Japanese player that crushed on Drogba accidentally causing the injury: “It was an moment of bad luck, Tanaka definitely didn’t mean to injure anybody and football is a heavy contact sport.”
Despite his last minute injury and a broken arm, Didier Drogba is not giving up and is willing to do anything to participate in probably the last World Cup tournament of his career. Drogba has decided to immediately undergo surgery in an effort to minimise his absence time and be ready to help his national team in approximately 10 days. The Fédération Ivoirienne de Football sent a formal announcement saying that Didier Drogba will definitely not miss the entire World Cup 2010, and they are also hoping that the player could recover from his injury on time for the opening game against Portugal on June 15 2010.
Didier Drogba’s injury is definitely a serious one, but in the year 2010 there are many ways to fix a broken arm especially if you are one of the top players in the world. Drogba is getting operated as we speak and will have quite a few days to rest and heal his injury. It is impossible for a broken arm to be 100% in place within this small time frame, but a special protection can be used during games over the broken elbow to keep it in place. Most likely Drogba will not take the chance and do something crazy very early in the World Cup, but could help the Ivory Coast in the knock out games if of course the team makes it there. Drogba is Ivory Coast’s top player and scorer, and one of the biggest attractions of the World Cup 2010 especially for all African nations and fans.
