Carried off the pitch unconscious: horror injury in Bundesliga game – player falls on his neck

Created: 04/09/2022, 18:41

By: Patrick Mayer

Had to be taken off the pitch on a stretcher: Bielefeld player Cedric Brunner.

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Moment of shock in the Bundesliga: Cedric Brunner from Arminia Bielefeld suffers a serious head injury in Wolfsburg.

The Swiss falls unhappily on his neck.

Munich/Wolfsburg – Worries about Arminia Bielefeld*: Soccer professional Cedric Brunner suffered a serious head injury in the Bundesliga* away game in East Westphalia at VfL Wolfsburg (0:4).

Cedric Brunner: Bielefeld player seriously injured his head in Wolfsburg

The guest defender fell unhappily on his neck in the 27th minute after a header duel with Wolfsburg's Jonas Wind and apparently fell unconscious for a short time after the fall.

Secured by belts, the Swiss player had to be carried off the field on a stretcher five minutes later.

According to Arminia, Brunner was "conscious and was immediately taken to the hospital."

Nothing was initially known about the severity of the injury.

Wind was able to continue participating in the game after a break in treatment.

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“We know he is conscious and responsive.

He is now in the clinic to see what's going on," said Bielefeld coach Frank Kramer after the game on Sky and said: "We have to work up the game and everything around it, including the scene with Cedric." According to "Sportschau According to the ARD, Brunner suffered a moderate concussion, and according to the first examinations, there was probably no fracture in the head area.

Particularly bitter: Just a week earlier, striker Fabian Klos had also suffered a serious head injury in the 1-1 draw in Stuttgart and even had to have an operation afterwards.

“The surgeries went well.

He will not suffer any permanent damage," reported managing director Samir Arabi at the press conference on Thursday (April 7) about Klos.

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Bielefeld coach Kramer has to face the fans who have traveled with him

The bad news doesn't stop there in East Westphalia: Arminia have lost six of their last eight Bundesliga games and are now 16th in the table.

worried about staying in the league.

After the clear defeat in Wolfsburg, Coach Kramer had to appease the spectators' block of the guests and the fans of his club who had traveled with him.

According to his own statements, he did this with reference to Brunner's serious injury, which had visibly shocked his team.

Next Sunday, Bielefeld will have to face FC Bayern, who won 1-0 (1-0) against FC Augsburg this Saturday afternoon.