{"id":293668,"date":"2023-10-31T21:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293668"},"modified":"2023-10-31T21:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:24:41","slug":"breaking-greenwood-taken-off-on-a-stretcher-after-clash-of-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/breaking-greenwood-taken-off-on-a-stretcher-after-clash-of-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Greenwood taken off on a stretcher after clash of heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>BREAKING: England&#8217;s Alex Greenwood taken off on a stretcher after sickening clash of heads during Nations League encounter against Belgium<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Manchester City defender was involved in a collision during the first half<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Greenwood was attended to by medical staff on the pitch for roughly 13 minutes<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The 30-year-old was put in a neck brace and taken off on a stretcher\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England star Alex Greenwood had to be carried off on a stretcher following a clash of heads in the Lionesses&#8217; Nation&#8217;s League match with Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City defender was involved in a collision with\u00a0Jassina Blom during the first half.\u00a0 Greenwood was attended to by medics on the field for roughly 13 minutes before she left the pitch on a stretcher in a neck brace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was understandable concern for the 30-year-old among the spectators at the\u00a0King Power at Den Dreef Stadium as well as her England team-mates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England boss Sarina Wiegman was eventually Greenwood with Chelsea&#8217;s Jess Carter\u00a0in the 32nd minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blom also received treatment on the pitch and was able to continue with her head\u00a0bandaged up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/20\/77240569-0-image-a-2_1698783037117.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alex Greenwood was involved in a nasty collision during England&#8217;s Nation&#8217;s League match<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/20\/77240571-0-image-a-1_1698783033610.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City defender was attended to by medics on the pitch for roughly 13 minutes<\/p>\n<p>England had found themselves 1-0 down at the time of the incident following Laura De Neve&#8217;s opener for the home side after just nine minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, shortly after the resumption of play the Lionesses equalised through Lucy Bronze, who headed home from Chloe Kelly&#8217;s free-kick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The away side pressed home their advantage and went ahead six minutes later when Fran Kirby scored on her return to the international side following an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>But Belgium hit back during a length period of additional time thanks to an expert finish from skipper\u00a0Tessa Wullaert.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12694873\/Englands-Alex-Greenwood-stretchered-sickening-head-injury-clash-against-Belgium.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>BREAKING: England&#8217;s Alex Greenwood taken off on a stretcher after sickening clash of heads during Nations League encounter against Belgium The Manchester City defender was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/breaking-greenwood-taken-off-on-a-stretcher-after-clash-of-heads\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Greenwood taken off on a stretcher after clash of heads\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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