Aaron Ramsey Arsenal Injury

For those of you who think soccer is less dangerous than american football... Aaron Ramsey disagrees with you today.  For the record, I have a cousin also named Aaron Ramsey, but this is not him (you can relax mom).  That said, this is really sad for the very talented young Welsh player.  The poor Arsenal veterans seemed shocked. They must have felt like they were experiencing deja vu; they watched their teammate Eduardo da Silva break his leg similarly two years ago almost to the day! The odds of two such horrific injuries happening on the same team in only a few years must be astronomical.
I also feel really bad for Ryan Shawcross who made the challenge.  He was clearly distraught, and they wouldn't show the replay on TV, but I read that in slow-motion the challenge doesn't look to be very malicious.  The coach of the England National team must agree, because he reviewed the tape and decided to select Shawcross for the national team anyway.


That reminds me of an injury that happened last year... the difference being that this defender, Axel Witsel, definately had intent to injure. He only got an 8 game suspension, but it should have been more; he clearly looks down and intentionally stomps on the guys leg.  Don't watch this if you have a weak stomach!