Taiwo Awoniyi: Ex-Bundesliga professional moved into artificial coma

In the Premier League home game of his club Nottingham Forest against Leicester City (final score 2: 2), the ex-Bundesliga professional Taiwo Awoniyi was popped against a post when he tried to get the ball. The 27-year-old striker suffered a belly injury in the incident and had to be operated on. Now the shock message followed: Awoniyi was transferred to an artificial coma.

The extent of the injury only became known on Monday. Nottingham Forest initially announced that Awoniyi had survived the operation well. English media then reported on the new developments late Tuesday evening. According to “” there is still no danger to life – the coma only helps to restrict its movements and regulate its heart rate.

After the game, Nottingham Forest published one for the reaction of the club boss Evangelos Marinakis. The entered the lawn burned the lawn, went to coach Nuno Espirito Santo and snapped at him. Santo had Awoniyi, whom he changed in the 83rd minute, despite the incident. Because the team’s contingent was already exhausted.

The club wrote on its homepage: “His reaction testified to one of our players of great concern, responsibility and emotional sympathy.” Club boss Marinakis saw in the last ten minutes of the game how uncomfortable Awoniyi felt and that he struggled with visible pain. “His deep frustration about seeing our player with severe pain on the ground – something that nobody could ignore with real care – prompted him to go to the field.” Accordingly, the medical team must never allow the player to continue playing.

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