Nottingham Forests Taiwo Awoniyi collided with the post in a Premier League game. He continued to play – that caused discussions. Now it is clear: Awoniyi has seriously injured her stomach in this scene.
Awoniyi, who used to be active in the Bundesliga for the 1st FC Union Berlin, was operated on due to a belly injury. Several British media report this. His employer Nottingham Forest has not yet commented.
Awoniyi had been substituted on Sunday in the 2-2 against Leicester City in the 83rd minute and shortly afterwards crashed into the post when he tried to reach a cross. The extent of the injury only turned out on Monday. There should not have been any danger to life.
A dispute had occurred between Nottingham’s club owner Evangelos Marinakis and team manager Nuno Espirito Santo. Marinakis was stormed onto the square and had vigorously confronted Espirito Santo.
Nottinghams Marinakis – a controversial club owner
On his Instagram profile, the Greek later played up the excitement as a frustration with a misjudgment of the medical staff with regard to the operational ability of Awoniyi. “We all – coaching staff, players, fans and me – were frustrated with the injury and the assessment of whether Taiwo can continue the game “wrote the 57-year-old.
Santo also stated that the discussion was only about Awoniyi’s injury, and he did not resent the emotional reaction of Marinakis. “It is his passion and his desire to be a big club. 30,000 people felt the same way today. Certainly many of them would go to the field and shake through us”explained the 51 -year -old Portuguese.
Marinakis hadn’t noticed uncomfortably for the first time. In the current season he had already been banished from the stadium for five games. After a defeat against Fulham in the player tunnel, he had demonstratively spit on the floor when the referee team ran passed.
In Greece there is also an indictment against the shipping company entrepreneur, it is about his possible entanglement in a violent argument between fans of Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens. Marinakis is also a majority owner of Olympic neps, and it is also investigated against other board members of the top Greek club.
Nottingham is playing European for the first time in 30 years
Nottingham missed the jump to the Champions League places through the draw and has been without victory for three weeks. In the case of two outstanding games, Forest has a point behind the fifth place in the table, which entitles you to participate in the Champions League in England and must hope for slips from the competition. The first participation in a European competition in 30 years is Nottingham.