Players crying, 'everyone in shock' at horror injury

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An A-League crippled successful Melbourne was brought to a halt connected Sunday erstwhile a subordinate had to beryllium taken distant successful an ambulance - and determination wasn't 1 astatine the ground.

Adelaide United import Juande Prados Lopez had travel disconnected the seat lone minutes earlier, erstwhile helium was tackled by a Melbourne City hostile astatine AAMI Park.

The interaction appeared to drawback Lopez's little close limb successful half.

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"I was virtually metres distant from wherever it happened and I could perceive the crack, it was an atrocious sound," A-League sideline commentator Michael Zappone said.

"The players knew instantly what had happened. The Melbourne City players moving implicit to the sideline to telephone for an ambulance.

"He volition beryllium taken consecutive to hospital. That dependable is thing you won't forget.

"Everyone successful daze here."

Players - including Lopez's United teammate and Spanish countryman Javi Lopez - were successful tears aft witnessing the incident.

The tv broadcast concisely showed the horrific Lopez wounded earlier aesculapian unit shielded the player.

"I don't adjacent privation to look astatine that. That is horrible," commentator Simon Hill said.

"I would beryllium screaming the spot down. Maybe he's conscionable successful shock.

"They volition enactment the towels astir the Spaniard now, which I deliberation is good, due to the fact that we don't truly request to spot that.

"How a shot play tin alteration successful the blink of an eye."

An ambulance was not connected standby astatine AAMI Park and took much than 15 minutes to arrive.

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