The triviality of football results became abundantly clear this week with a pair of horrible injuries to two of the sport’s most promising young talents.
Luke Shaw’s leg was broken in two places during Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to PSV on Tuesday night.
And just 24 hours later it looks like Barcelona’s Rafinha has suffered a similar fate after being injured seriously in a tackle from Radja Nainggolan.
Warning – graphic
https://twitter.com/FootyAccums/status/644248932760088578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Nainggolan was booked for the tackle but he was lucky not to have been given his marching orders for a challenge from behind with which the Belgian used a scissors motion to bring Rafinha down.
https://twitter.com/BleedBarca/status/644244803656355840/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
